ccindex's aim is to cover the growing need of specialized information not limited to any academic category nor to a geographical or linguistic area. Areas covered are architecture, art, cinema, cultural studies, design, literature, music, philosophy, photography and social sciences.

contemporary culture index does not pretend to be exhaustive. Aware that exhaustivity is impossible, ccindex has opted for a rigorous selection of titles in terms of their research quality; an important ambition is to connect materials that are seldom juxtaposed, in order to favour new research approaches. A high number of non-Western and European journals are not indexed in existing databases; contemporary culture index's aim is to make this valuable information its core.

Another strain of interest for ccindex is to index small and influential publications that are no longer published, especially those originating from artists or cultural producers rather than from conventional academic processes.

contemporary culture index is updated daily. Bibliographical records provide links to resources where articles and texts can either be located or downloaded.

contemporary culture index is composed of a team of librarians with extensive experience in the academic research area. Headquarters are currently located in San Francisco. Nodes can be found in Barcelona and Manhattan.

From July 19th to November 2nd 2008, contemporary culture index participated in Manifesta 7, the European Biennial of Contemporary Art, Trentino-South Tyrol, Italy. ccindex acknowledges Comitato Manifesta 7 and Free Agent Media for providing funds for its new implementation.