Browsing
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For the type of herbivory, see Browsing (herbivory). For using a web browser, see Web navigation. For the type of shopping, see Window shopping (browsing).
For other uses, see Browser (disambiguation).
Browsing is a kind of orienting strategy. It is supposed to identify something of relevance for the browsing organism. In context of humans, it is a metaphor taken from the animal kingdom. It is used, for example, about people browsing open shelves in libraries, window shopping, or browsing databases or the Internet.
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In library and information science, it is an important subject, both purely theoretically and as applied science aiming at designing interfaces which support browsing activities for the user.