Resumen

NAVES, Madalena Martins Lopes. Conceptual aspects of browsing in information retrieval . Ci. Inf. [online]. 1998, vol.27, n.3, pp. 00-00. ISSN 0100-1965.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0100-19651998000300005.

Concept of Browsing and its importance in Information Retrieval. Shelf access in libraries, its evolution, advantages and disadvantages to permit browsing. Study of the process limited to information searching in bookshelves or computer displays that adopt subject classification. Browsing on computer and automated systems that allow for it.

Palabras llave : Information retrieval; Browsing; Automatized information systems.