Exploratory use of an information system
Also known as reading · inspection
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7 identifiers linking browsing across the web's reference databases
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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.