Browsing

Also known as reading, inspection

alt=Children browsing books.|thumb|300x300px|Children browsing books 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.