Abstract
A website is a repository of information which can be accessed through a Web browser. There are more and more websites that are devoted to a speci_c topic. Such websites are attractive because they are often better organized, systematic, and are the easiest places to gather information that the user needs about a special domain. This paper discusses the issue of website browsing and navigation, that is, traversing within the con_ne of a website and collecting information. Although the problems posed by website browsing are similar to those of Web browsing, they are di_erent in magnitude and solvability. We investigate problems encountered in website browsing and navigation and propose solutions based on agent technology. We investigate how a website browsing agent may utilize user pro_les to achieve personalization, and propose a dedicated window approach to integrate all desirable functions. We illustrate how the idea works by describing a website browsing agent for navigating the NTU digital library.