Information grazing refers to the ability to quickly obtain knowledge and facts just in time to solve new problems or answer questions.
Information grazing is also one of the most commonly used coping techniques for stress and experts have noticed a trend with people many under the age of 35.
Examples of fields of knowledge that are more susceptible to information grazing techniques are science and engineering, where the “newest” knowledge has become so dynamic, that documentation and dissemination has increasingly moved from fixed paper media to digital formats allowing easier updating and searchability.
[citation needed] With the advent of the Internet and modern computer-cataloging of libraries, vast sums of knowledge are easily accessible in overwhelming quantities in real time.
Studies have shown that many people don't read past the first sentences of a Web site's content, and many never go beyond the first ten links listed in a search.