The system comprises numerous individual databases, of which DPAC , DPER, and NEWC are the most generally used. The DPAC database lists books, magazines, journals, newspapers, and other media materials owned by the various CUNY campuses. All of the terminals at the CSI library are defaulted to access the holdings of the College of Staten Island. For the holdings of other CUNY colleges type the command, SET CAT ALL . DPER indexes articles from magazines and journals covering the humanities, the social sciences, and the sciences as well as from general periodicals covering current events.
Abstracts are available for many of the entries.
NEWC is a newspaper index that covers thirty newspapers from January 1996 to July 27, 1999. Abstracts are available for most entries. NEWB is a newspaper index that covers thirty newspapers from 1989 to December 1995. Abstracts are available for most entries. Access to full text articles from The New York Times , and The Wall Street Journal .