Dear All, My thoughts on Dr. Monti's thoughts on Dr. Horak's thoughts about Dr. Bentley's (who? I thought it was Dr. Frank's) request. Pooh. Who exactly bestowed upon the few an elitist judiciary, however much I loathe resorting to the "elitist" quip? I imagine there are plenty of matters concerning which all of us have not the simplest clue. I don't see in any way how Dr. Frank's request "undermines Screen-L's credibility." Perhaps, it undermines Bentley University's credibility, but that's only if one did not understand Dr. Frank's initial request (I did not, but at least I know his name and affiliation - I simply looked). His query concerned electronic sources, not library hard copies. I trust that when one has a question that discourse can be constructive and nurturing - not unfair and rashly judgmental. Applaud that instead. Applaud Dr. Frank's initiative in wanting to learn about electronic resources! This is a forum for scholars and students alike. For those unaware of this fact, please point your browser to Screen-L "founding principle" at http://www.screensite.org/faq-1-Screen-L.html#4. If I've grossly misread the "founding principle", I shall invite the moderator to banish my email from this list. In the past, very smart and very kind people have responded to my queries. NB: Some members were very helpful to Mike. I hope to steer this subject back on a positive course. The following link provides sources for full text repositories available through Bentley Libraries: http://ecampus.bentley.edu/dept/li/journalfinder-catalog-searchtools.html Mike, also check with your reference librarians about Historical New York Times via Proquest. I can't tell if you guys have it or not. Variety.com has free 14 day trial subscription (including access to older reviews). Best, JGM At 03:17 PM 1/18/2005, you wrote: >On Luned́, gennaio 17, 2005, at 07:45 PM, Chris Horak wrote: > >>Mike: >>One can try a really novel idea and go to the library, where you will >>find the >>Reader's Guide to Periodic Literature (Reference section), >>where under motion pictures, reviews are listed by film title and journal. >> >>JC Horak > Though I am aware that my thoughts on Dr. Horak's thoughts about > Dr. Bentley's request might start a polemic, I am writing to say that I > applaud the former's response to the latter's query. When I first read > the post, I thought Dr. Bentley was joking and I welcomed it as a > much-needed commercial break in yet another thankless job market. >Then the suggestions started coming in and I realized that this was >serious business, indeed. > Engaging in this kind of exchange -- asking a question that a > student in an intro. to film studies course might have prior to writing > their final paper -- seriously undermines Screen-L's credibility, I > think as a forum for serious discussion. Let me add that I felt the > same way about a question that came up a while ago, concerning assigning > difficult feminist film theories in our courses. I sent a reply > reminding the poster that it is our intellectual responsibility as > educators to unpack such (any) difficult concepts for our students. >My message did not pass the censorship board, however. Hopefully, this >one will. > > Gloria Monti > >gloria monti, ph.d. >cleveland heights, OH >[log in to unmask] > >---- >For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: >http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html