Open Source Shakespeare

Note: This article is attached to the BardMetrics project and was crafted as a wiki proof-of-concept, but also as a source of information pertinent to that initiative.

Open Source Shakespeare (or OSS) is a free online web resource made available by George Mason University. It strengths are a robust concordance search funcationality of the entirety of Shakespeare’s canon made freely available to the public.

Available Documents

OSS Search Stats : Statistics about OSS usage.

Finding Aid Section

OSS Search Stats

Provided by: Open Source Shakespeare Publication Type: Digital database Date provided: December, 2013 Copyright or Usage Restrictions: Cite Item As:

An excel worksheet which contains a collections of graphs related to the usage of Open Source Shakespeare.

• Table of searches conducted by play; ordered from most to least frequently searched. Fields: Rank, number of searches, percentage of searches, title of work, genre of work • A bar graph depicting number of searches by work title. • A pie chart depicting percentage of searches by work title.

Sources

History of Open Source Shakespeare