Often, libraries and other organizations such as law firms, businesses, subscribe to specialized databases on the Web. CUNY Libraries subscribes to many subscription databases, and individual CUNY campuses may subscribe to more.

These databases can only be accessed by members of the organization. CUNY provides access to its databases via RPA access, and some campuses have Proxy or RPA for their own additional resources.

Check out the CUNY libraries pages for more information http://libraries.cuny.edu

Individual/Personal subscriptions

Subscriptions to fee-based Web resources are also available to individuals. for example, some newspapers and magazines provide the full-text of their issues on the Web to subscribers who are willing to pay.

Commercial services, providing customized information to individuals, are also available, for a fee. An example of one such service is Hoover's company profiles.