diff --git a/resources/i18n/en.json b/resources/i18n/en.json
index ba70b87e12..f08213df06 100644
--- a/resources/i18n/en.json
+++ b/resources/i18n/en.json
@@ -135,6 +135,9 @@
       }
     }
   },
+  "browse": {
+    "title": "Browsing {{ collection }} by {{ field }} {{ value }}"
+  },
   "admin": {
     "registries": {
       "metadata": {
@@ -193,7 +196,8 @@
     "recent-submissions": "Loading recent submissions...",
     "item": "Loading item...",
     "objects": "Loading...",
-    "search-results": "Loading search results..."
+    "search-results": "Loading search results...",
+    "browse-by": "Loading items..."
   },
   "error": {
     "default": "Error",
@@ -205,6 +209,7 @@
     "item": "Error fetching item",
     "objects": "Error fetching objects",
     "search-results": "Error fetching search results",
+    "browse-by": "Error fetching items",
     "validation": {
       "pattern": "This input is restricted by the current pattern: {{ pattern }}.",
       "license": {
diff --git a/src/app/+browse-by/+browse-by-author-page/browse-by-author-page.component.html b/src/app/+browse-by/+browse-by-author-page/browse-by-author-page.component.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..438c318994
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/+browse-by/+browse-by-author-page/browse-by-author-page.component.html
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<div class="container">
+  <div class="browse-by-author w-100 row">
+    <ds-browse-by class="col-xs-12 w-100"
+      title="{{'browse.title' | translate:{collection: '', field: 'Author', value: (value)? '&quot;' + value + '&quot;': ''} }}"
+      [objects$]="(items$ !== undefined)? items$ : authors$"
+      [currentUrl]="currentUrl"
+      [paginationConfig]="paginationConfig"
+      [sortConfig]="sortConfig">
+    </ds-browse-by>
+  </div>
+</div>
diff --git a/src/app/+browse-by/+browse-by-author-page/browse-by-author-page.component.scss b/src/app/+browse-by/+browse-by-author-page/browse-by-author-page.component.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/src/app/+browse-by/+browse-by-author-page/browse-by-author-page.component.spec.ts b/src/app/+browse-by/+browse-by-author-page/browse-by-author-page.component.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/src/app/+browse-by/+browse-by-author-page/browse-by-author-page.component.ts b/src/app/+browse-by/+browse-by-author-page/browse-by-author-page.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1605b4afab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/+browse-by/+browse-by-author-page/browse-by-author-page.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
+import { RemoteData } from '../../core/data/remote-data';
+import { PaginatedList } from '../../core/data/paginated-list';
+import { ItemDataService } from '../../core/data/item-data.service';
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
+import { PaginationComponentOptions } from '../../shared/pagination/pagination-component-options.model';
+import { SortDirection, SortOptions } from '../../core/cache/models/sort-options.model';
+import { Subscription } from 'rxjs/Subscription';
+import { ActivatedRoute } from '@angular/router';
+import { hasValue, isNotEmpty } from '../../shared/empty.util';
+import { Metadatum } from '../../core/shared/metadatum.model';
+import { BrowseService } from '../../core/browse/browse.service';
+import { BrowseEntry } from '../../core/shared/browse-entry.model';
+import { Item } from '../../core/shared/item.model';
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-browse-by-author-page',
+  styleUrls: ['./browse-by-author-page.component.scss'],
+  templateUrl: './browse-by-author-page.component.html'
+})
+export class BrowseByAuthorPageComponent implements OnInit {
+
+  authors$: Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<BrowseEntry>>>;
+  items$: Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<Item>>>;
+  paginationConfig: PaginationComponentOptions = Object.assign(new PaginationComponentOptions(), {
+    id: 'browse-by-author-pagination',
+    currentPage: 1,
+    pageSize: 20
+  });
+  sortConfig: SortOptions = new SortOptions('dc.contributor.author', SortDirection.ASC);
+  subs: Subscription[] = [];
+  currentUrl: string;
+  value = '';
+
+  public constructor(private itemDataService: ItemDataService, private route: ActivatedRoute, private browseService: BrowseService) {
+  }
+
+  ngOnInit(): void {
+    this.currentUrl = this.route.snapshot.pathFromRoot
+      .map((snapshot) => (snapshot.routeConfig) ? snapshot.routeConfig.path : '')
+      .join('/');
+    this.updatePage({
+      pagination: this.paginationConfig,
+      sort: this.sortConfig
+    });
+    this.subs.push(
+      Observable.combineLatest(
+        this.route.params,
+        this.route.queryParams,
+        (params, queryParams, ) => {
+          return Object.assign({}, params, queryParams);
+        })
+        .subscribe((params) => {
+          const page = +params.page || this.paginationConfig.currentPage;
+          const pageSize = +params.pageSize || this.paginationConfig.pageSize;
+          const sortDirection = params.sortDirection || this.sortConfig.direction;
+          const sortField = params.sortField || this.sortConfig.field;
+          const startsWith = +params.query || params.query || '';
+          this.value = +params.value || params.value || '';
+          const pagination = Object.assign({},
+            this.paginationConfig,
+            { currentPage: page, pageSize: pageSize }
+          );
+          const sort = Object.assign({},
+            this.sortConfig,
+            { direction: sortDirection, field: sortField }
+          );
+          const searchOptions = {
+            pagination: pagination,
+            sort: sort,
+            startsWith: startsWith
+          };
+          if (isNotEmpty(this.value)) {
+            this.updatePageWithItems(searchOptions, this.value);
+          } else {
+            this.updatePage(searchOptions);
+          }
+        }));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @param searchOptions   Options to narrow down your search:
+   *                        { pagination: PaginationComponentOptions,
+   *                          sort: SortOptions,
+   *                          startsWith: string }
+   */
+  updatePage(searchOptions) {
+    this.authors$ = this.browseService.getBrowseEntriesFor('author', searchOptions);
+    this.items$ = undefined;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @param searchOptions   Options to narrow down your search:
+   *                        { pagination: PaginationComponentOptions,
+   *                          sort: SortOptions,
+   *                          startsWith: string }
+   * @param author          The author's name for displaying items
+   */
+  updatePageWithItems(searchOptions, author: string) {
+    this.items$ = this.browseService.getBrowseItemsFor('author', author, searchOptions);
+  }
+
+  ngOnDestroy(): void {
+    this.subs.filter((sub) => hasValue(sub)).forEach((sub) => sub.unsubscribe());
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/app/+browse-by/+browse-by-title-page/browse-by-title-page.component.html b/src/app/+browse-by/+browse-by-title-page/browse-by-title-page.component.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d37727be36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/+browse-by/+browse-by-title-page/browse-by-title-page.component.html
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<div class="container">
+  <div class="browse-by-title w-100 row">
+    <ds-browse-by class="col-xs-12 w-100"
+      title="{{'browse.title' | translate:{collection: '', field: 'Title', value: ''} }}"
+      [objects$]="items$"
+      [currentUrl]="currentUrl"
+      [paginationConfig]="paginationConfig"
+      [sortConfig]="sortConfig">
+    </ds-browse-by>
+  </div>
+</div>
diff --git a/src/app/+browse-by/+browse-by-title-page/browse-by-title-page.component.scss b/src/app/+browse-by/+browse-by-title-page/browse-by-title-page.component.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/src/app/+browse-by/+browse-by-title-page/browse-by-title-page.component.spec.ts b/src/app/+browse-by/+browse-by-title-page/browse-by-title-page.component.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/src/app/+browse-by/+browse-by-title-page/browse-by-title-page.component.ts b/src/app/+browse-by/+browse-by-title-page/browse-by-title-page.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6483ac8d17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/+browse-by/+browse-by-title-page/browse-by-title-page.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
+import { RemoteData } from '../../core/data/remote-data';
+import { DSpaceObject } from '../../core/shared/dspace-object.model';
+import { PaginatedList } from '../../core/data/paginated-list';
+import { ItemDataService } from '../../core/data/item-data.service';
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
+import { PaginationComponentOptions } from '../../shared/pagination/pagination-component-options.model';
+import { SortDirection, SortOptions } from '../../core/cache/models/sort-options.model';
+import { Item } from '../../core/shared/item.model';
+import { Subscription } from 'rxjs/Subscription';
+import { ActivatedRoute, PRIMARY_OUTLET, UrlSegmentGroup } from '@angular/router';
+import { hasValue } from '../../shared/empty.util';
+import { Collection } from '../../core/shared/collection.model';
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-browse-by-title-page',
+  styleUrls: ['./browse-by-title-page.component.scss'],
+  templateUrl: './browse-by-title-page.component.html'
+})
+export class BrowseByTitlePageComponent implements OnInit {
+
+  items$: Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<Item>>>;
+  paginationConfig: PaginationComponentOptions = Object.assign(new PaginationComponentOptions(), {
+    id: 'browse-by-title-pagination',
+    currentPage: 1,
+    pageSize: 20
+  });
+  sortConfig: SortOptions = new SortOptions('dc.title', SortDirection.ASC);
+  subs: Subscription[] = [];
+  currentUrl: string;
+
+  public constructor(private itemDataService: ItemDataService, private route: ActivatedRoute) {
+
+  }
+
+  ngOnInit(): void {
+    this.currentUrl = this.route.snapshot.pathFromRoot
+      .map((snapshot) => (snapshot.routeConfig) ? snapshot.routeConfig.path : '')
+      .join('/');
+    this.updatePage({
+      pagination: this.paginationConfig,
+      sort: this.sortConfig
+    });
+    this.subs.push(
+      Observable.combineLatest(
+        this.route.params,
+        this.route.queryParams,
+        (params, queryParams, ) => {
+          return Object.assign({}, params, queryParams);
+        })
+        .subscribe((params) => {
+          const page = +params.page || this.paginationConfig.currentPage;
+          const pageSize = +params.pageSize || this.paginationConfig.pageSize;
+          const sortDirection = +params.page || this.sortConfig.direction;
+          const startsWith = +params.query || params.query || '';
+          const pagination = Object.assign({},
+            this.paginationConfig,
+            { currentPage: page, pageSize: pageSize }
+          );
+          const sort = Object.assign({},
+            this.sortConfig,
+            { direction: sortDirection, field: params.sortField }
+          );
+          this.updatePage({
+            pagination: pagination,
+            sort: sort,
+            startsWith: startsWith
+          });
+        }));
+  }
+
+  updatePage(searchOptions) {
+    this.items$ = this.itemDataService.findAll({
+      currentPage: searchOptions.pagination.currentPage,
+      elementsPerPage: searchOptions.pagination.pageSize,
+      sort: searchOptions.sort,
+      startsWith: searchOptions.startsWith
+    });
+  }
+
+  ngOnDestroy(): void {
+    this.subs.filter((sub) => hasValue(sub)).forEach((sub) => sub.unsubscribe());
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/app/+browse-by/browse-by-routing.module.ts b/src/app/+browse-by/browse-by-routing.module.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..630a7c0db5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/+browse-by/browse-by-routing.module.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { RouterModule } from '@angular/router';
+import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
+import { BrowseByTitlePageComponent } from './+browse-by-title-page/browse-by-title-page.component';
+import { BrowseByAuthorPageComponent } from './+browse-by-author-page/browse-by-author-page.component';
+
+@NgModule({
+  imports: [
+    RouterModule.forChild([
+      { path: 'title', component: BrowseByTitlePageComponent },
+      { path: 'author', component: BrowseByAuthorPageComponent }
+    ])
+  ]
+})
+export class BrowseByRoutingModule {
+
+}
diff --git a/src/app/+browse-by/browse-by.module.ts b/src/app/+browse-by/browse-by.module.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..51843a13d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/+browse-by/browse-by.module.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
+import { CommonModule } from '@angular/common';
+import { BrowseByTitlePageComponent } from './+browse-by-title-page/browse-by-title-page.component';
+import { ItemDataService } from '../core/data/item-data.service';
+import { SharedModule } from '../shared/shared.module';
+import { BrowseByRoutingModule } from './browse-by-routing.module';
+import { BrowseByAuthorPageComponent } from './+browse-by-author-page/browse-by-author-page.component';
+import { BrowseService } from '../core/browse/browse.service';
+
+@NgModule({
+  imports: [
+    BrowseByRoutingModule,
+    CommonModule,
+    SharedModule
+  ],
+  declarations: [
+    BrowseByTitlePageComponent,
+    BrowseByAuthorPageComponent
+  ],
+  providers: [
+    ItemDataService,
+    BrowseService
+  ]
+})
+export class BrowseByModule {
+
+}
diff --git a/src/app/app-routing.module.ts b/src/app/app-routing.module.ts
index 4bc8c43152..7de83651ff 100644
--- a/src/app/app-routing.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/app-routing.module.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { PageNotFoundComponent } from './pagenotfound/pagenotfound.component';
       { path: 'collections', loadChildren: './+collection-page/collection-page.module#CollectionPageModule' },
       { path: 'items', loadChildren: './+item-page/item-page.module#ItemPageModule' },
       { path: 'search', loadChildren: './+search-page/search-page.module#SearchPageModule' },
+      { path: 'browse', loadChildren: './+browse-by/browse-by.module#BrowseByModule' },
       { path: 'admin', loadChildren: './+admin/admin.module#AdminModule' },
       { path: 'login', loadChildren: './+login-page/login-page.module#LoginPageModule' },
       { path: 'logout', loadChildren: './+logout-page/logout-page.module#LogoutPageModule' },
diff --git a/src/app/core/browse/browse.service.ts b/src/app/core/browse/browse.service.ts
index 836014a110..2e4a0a3508 100644
--- a/src/app/core/browse/browse.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/browse/browse.service.ts
@@ -16,19 +16,27 @@ import { ResponseCacheEntry } from '../cache/response-cache.reducer';
 import { ResponseCacheService } from '../cache/response-cache.service';
 import { PaginatedList } from '../data/paginated-list';
 import { RemoteData } from '../data/remote-data';
-import { BrowseEndpointRequest, BrowseEntriesRequest, RestRequest } from '../data/request.models';
+import {
+  BrowseEndpointRequest,
+  BrowseEntriesRequest,
+  BrowseItemsRequest,
+  GetRequest,
+  RestRequest
+} from '../data/request.models';
 import { RequestService } from '../data/request.service';
 import { BrowseDefinition } from '../shared/browse-definition.model';
 import { BrowseEntry } from '../shared/browse-entry.model';
 import { HALEndpointService } from '../shared/hal-endpoint.service';
 import {
   configureRequest,
-  filterSuccessfulResponses,
+  filterSuccessfulResponses, getBrowseDefinitionLinks,
   getRemoteDataPayload,
   getRequestFromSelflink,
   getResponseFromSelflink
 } from '../shared/operators';
 import { URLCombiner } from '../url-combiner/url-combiner';
+import { Item } from '../shared/item.model';
+import { DSpaceObject } from '../shared/dspace-object.model';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class BrowseService {
@@ -71,6 +79,8 @@ export class BrowseService {
       map((entry: ResponseCacheEntry) => entry.response),
       map((response: GenericSuccessResponse<BrowseDefinition[]>) => response.payload),
       ensureArrayHasValue(),
+      map((definitions: BrowseDefinition[]) => definitions
+        .map((definition: BrowseDefinition) => Object.assign(new BrowseDefinition(), definition))),
       distinctUntilChanged()
     );
 
@@ -82,17 +92,7 @@ export class BrowseService {
     sort?: SortOptions;
   } = {}): Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<BrowseEntry>>> {
     const request$ = this.getBrowseDefinitions().pipe(
-      getRemoteDataPayload(),
-      map((browseDefinitions: BrowseDefinition[]) => browseDefinitions
-        .find((def: BrowseDefinition) => def.id === definitionID && def.metadataBrowse === true)
-      ),
-      map((def: BrowseDefinition) => {
-        if (isNotEmpty(def)) {
-          return def._links;
-        } else {
-          throw new Error(`No metadata browse definition could be found for id '${definitionID}'`);
-        }
-      }),
+      getBrowseDefinitionLinks(definitionID),
       hasValueOperator(),
       map((_links: any) => _links.entries),
       hasValueOperator(),
@@ -124,6 +124,57 @@ export class BrowseService {
       filterSuccessfulResponses(),
       map((entry: ResponseCacheEntry) => entry.response),
       map((response: GenericSuccessResponse<BrowseEntry[]>) => new PaginatedList(response.pageInfo, response.payload)),
+      map((list: PaginatedList<BrowseEntry>) => Object.assign(list, {
+        page: list.page ? list.page.map((entry: BrowseEntry) => Object.assign(new BrowseEntry(), entry)) : list.page
+      })),
+      distinctUntilChanged()
+    );
+
+    return this.rdb.toRemoteDataObservable(requestEntry$, responseCache$, payload$);
+  }
+
+  getBrowseItemsFor(definitionID: string, filterValue: string, options: {
+    pagination?: PaginationComponentOptions;
+    sort?: SortOptions;
+  } = {}): Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<Item>>> {
+    const request$ = this.getBrowseDefinitions().pipe(
+      getBrowseDefinitionLinks(definitionID),
+      hasValueOperator(),
+      map((_links: any) => _links.items),
+      hasValueOperator(),
+      map((href: string) => {
+        const args = [];
+        if (isNotEmpty(options.sort)) {
+          args.push(`sort=${options.sort.field},${options.sort.direction}`);
+        }
+        if (isNotEmpty(options.pagination)) {
+          args.push(`page=${options.pagination.currentPage - 1}`);
+          args.push(`size=${options.pagination.pageSize}`);
+        }
+        if (isNotEmpty(filterValue)) {
+          args.push(`filterValue=${filterValue}`);
+        }
+        if (isNotEmpty(args)) {
+          href = new URLCombiner(href, `?${args.join('&')}`).toString();
+        }
+        return href;
+      }),
+      map((endpointURL: string) => new BrowseItemsRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), endpointURL)),
+      configureRequest(this.requestService)
+    );
+
+    const href$ = request$.pipe(map((request: RestRequest) => request.href));
+
+    const requestEntry$ = href$.pipe(getRequestFromSelflink(this.requestService));
+    const responseCache$ = href$.pipe(getResponseFromSelflink(this.responseCache));
+
+    const payload$ = responseCache$.pipe(
+      filterSuccessfulResponses(),
+      map((entry: ResponseCacheEntry) => entry.response),
+      map((response: GenericSuccessResponse<Item[]>) => new PaginatedList(response.pageInfo, response.payload)),
+      map((list: PaginatedList<Item>) => Object.assign(list, {
+        page: list.page ? list.page.map((item: DSpaceObject) => Object.assign(new Item(), item)) : list.page
+      })),
       distinctUntilChanged()
     );
 
diff --git a/src/app/core/core.module.ts b/src/app/core/core.module.ts
index 8536169688..422717e233 100644
--- a/src/app/core/core.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/core.module.ts
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ import { RegistryMetadatafieldsResponseParsingService } from './data/registry-me
 import { RegistryBitstreamformatsResponseParsingService } from './data/registry-bitstreamformats-response-parsing.service';
 import { NotificationsService } from '../shared/notifications/notifications.service';
 import { UploaderService } from '../shared/uploader/uploader.service';
+import { BrowseItemsResponseParsingService } from './data/browse-items-response-parsing-service';
 
 const IMPORTS = [
   CommonModule,
@@ -114,6 +115,7 @@ const PROVIDERS = [
   ServerResponseService,
   BrowseResponseParsingService,
   BrowseEntriesResponseParsingService,
+  BrowseItemsResponseParsingService,
   BrowseService,
   ConfigResponseParsingService,
   RouteService,
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/browse-items-response-parsing-service.spec.ts b/src/app/core/data/browse-items-response-parsing-service.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6a141c01c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/core/data/browse-items-response-parsing-service.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+import { getMockObjectCacheService } from '../../shared/mocks/mock-object-cache.service';
+import { ErrorResponse, GenericSuccessResponse } from '../cache/response-cache.models';
+import { DSpaceRESTV2Response } from '../dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2-response.model';
+import { BrowseEntriesResponseParsingService } from './browse-entries-response-parsing.service';
+import { BrowseEntriesRequest, BrowseItemsRequest } from './request.models';
+import { BrowseItemsResponseParsingService } from './browse-items-response-parsing-service';
+
+describe('BrowseItemsResponseParsingService', () => {
+  let service: BrowseItemsResponseParsingService;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    service = new BrowseItemsResponseParsingService(undefined, getMockObjectCacheService());
+  });
+
+  describe('parse', () => {
+    const request = new BrowseItemsRequest('client/f5b4ccb8-fbb0-4548-b558-f234d9fdfad6', 'https://rest.api/discover/browses/author/items');
+
+    const validResponse = {
+      payload: {
+        _embedded: {
+          items: [
+            {
+              id: 'd7b6bc6f-ff6c-444a-a0d3-0cd9b68043e7',
+              uuid: 'd7b6bc6f-ff6c-444a-a0d3-0cd9b68043e7',
+              name: 'Development of Local Supply Chain : A Critical Link for Concentrated Solar Power in India',
+              handle: '10986/17472',
+              metadata: [
+                {
+                  key: 'dc.creator',
+                  value: 'World Bank',
+                  language: null
+                }
+              ],
+              inArchive: true,
+              discoverable: true,
+              withdrawn: false,
+              lastModified: '2018-05-25T09:32:58.005+0000',
+              type: 'item',
+              _links: {
+                bitstreams: {
+                  href: 'https://dspace7-internal.atmire.com/rest/api/core/items/d7b6bc6f-ff6c-444a-a0d3-0cd9b68043e7/bitstreams'
+                },
+                owningCollection: {
+                  href: 'https://dspace7-internal.atmire.com/rest/api/core/items/d7b6bc6f-ff6c-444a-a0d3-0cd9b68043e7/owningCollection'
+                },
+                templateItemOf: {
+                  href: 'https://dspace7-internal.atmire.com/rest/api/core/items/d7b6bc6f-ff6c-444a-a0d3-0cd9b68043e7/templateItemOf'
+                },
+                self: {
+                  href: 'https://dspace7-internal.atmire.com/rest/api/core/items/d7b6bc6f-ff6c-444a-a0d3-0cd9b68043e7'
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            {
+              id: '27c6f976-257c-4ad0-a0ef-c5e34ffe4d5b',
+              uuid: '27c6f976-257c-4ad0-a0ef-c5e34ffe4d5b',
+              name: 'Development of Local Supply Chain : The Missing Link for Concentrated Solar Power Projects in India',
+              handle: '10986/17475',
+              metadata: [
+                {
+                  key: 'dc.creator',
+                  value: 'World Bank',
+                  language: null
+                }
+              ],
+              inArchive: true,
+              discoverable: true,
+              withdrawn: false,
+              lastModified: '2018-05-25T09:33:42.526+0000',
+              type: 'item',
+              _links: {
+                bitstreams: {
+                  href: 'https://dspace7-internal.atmire.com/rest/api/core/items/27c6f976-257c-4ad0-a0ef-c5e34ffe4d5b/bitstreams'
+                },
+                owningCollection: {
+                  href: 'https://dspace7-internal.atmire.com/rest/api/core/items/27c6f976-257c-4ad0-a0ef-c5e34ffe4d5b/owningCollection'
+                },
+                templateItemOf: {
+                  href: 'https://dspace7-internal.atmire.com/rest/api/core/items/27c6f976-257c-4ad0-a0ef-c5e34ffe4d5b/templateItemOf'
+                },
+                self: {
+                  href: 'https://dspace7-internal.atmire.com/rest/api/core/items/27c6f976-257c-4ad0-a0ef-c5e34ffe4d5b'
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        },
+        _links: {
+          first: {
+            href: 'https://dspace7-internal.atmire.com/rest/api/discover/browses/author/items?page=0&size=2'
+          },
+          self: {
+            href: 'https://dspace7-internal.atmire.com/rest/api/discover/browses/author/items'
+          },
+          next: {
+            href: 'https://dspace7-internal.atmire.com/rest/api/discover/browses/author/items?page=1&size=2'
+          },
+          last: {
+            href: 'https://dspace7-internal.atmire.com/rest/api/discover/browses/author/items?page=7&size=2'
+          }
+        },
+        page: {
+          size: 2,
+          totalElements: 16,
+          totalPages: 8,
+          number: 0
+        }
+      },
+      statusCode: '200'
+    } as DSpaceRESTV2Response;
+
+    const invalidResponseNotAList = {
+      payload: {
+        id: 'd7b6bc6f-ff6c-444a-a0d3-0cd9b68043e7',
+        uuid: 'd7b6bc6f-ff6c-444a-a0d3-0cd9b68043e7',
+        name: 'Development of Local Supply Chain : A Critical Link for Concentrated Solar Power in India',
+        handle: '10986/17472',
+        metadata: [
+          {
+            key: 'dc.creator',
+            value: 'World Bank',
+            language: null
+          }
+        ],
+        inArchive: true,
+        discoverable: true,
+        withdrawn: false,
+        lastModified: '2018-05-25T09:32:58.005+0000',
+        type: 'item',
+        _links: {
+          bitstreams: {
+            href: 'https://dspace7-internal.atmire.com/rest/api/core/items/d7b6bc6f-ff6c-444a-a0d3-0cd9b68043e7/bitstreams'
+          },
+          owningCollection: {
+            href: 'https://dspace7-internal.atmire.com/rest/api/core/items/d7b6bc6f-ff6c-444a-a0d3-0cd9b68043e7/owningCollection'
+          },
+          templateItemOf: {
+            href: 'https://dspace7-internal.atmire.com/rest/api/core/items/d7b6bc6f-ff6c-444a-a0d3-0cd9b68043e7/templateItemOf'
+          },
+          self: {
+            href: 'https://dspace7-internal.atmire.com/rest/api/core/items/d7b6bc6f-ff6c-444a-a0d3-0cd9b68043e7'
+          }
+        }
+      },
+      statusCode: '200'
+    } as DSpaceRESTV2Response;
+
+    const invalidResponseStatusCode = {
+      payload: {}, statusCode: '500'
+    } as DSpaceRESTV2Response;
+
+    it('should return a GenericSuccessResponse if data contains a valid browse items response', () => {
+      const response = service.parse(request, validResponse);
+      expect(response.constructor).toBe(GenericSuccessResponse);
+    });
+
+    it('should return an ErrorResponse if data contains an invalid browse entries response', () => {
+      const response = service.parse(request, invalidResponseNotAList);
+      expect(response.constructor).toBe(ErrorResponse);
+    });
+
+    it('should return an ErrorResponse if data contains a statuscode other than 200', () => {
+      const response = service.parse(request, invalidResponseStatusCode);
+      expect(response.constructor).toBe(ErrorResponse);
+    });
+
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/browse-items-response-parsing-service.ts b/src/app/core/data/browse-items-response-parsing-service.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..840d59b863
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/core/data/browse-items-response-parsing-service.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import { Inject, Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import { GLOBAL_CONFIG } from '../../../config';
+import { GlobalConfig } from '../../../config/global-config.interface';
+import { isNotEmpty } from '../../shared/empty.util';
+import { ObjectCacheService } from '../cache/object-cache.service';
+import {
+  ErrorResponse,
+  GenericSuccessResponse,
+  RestResponse
+} from '../cache/response-cache.models';
+import { DSpaceRESTV2Response } from '../dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2-response.model';
+import { DSpaceRESTv2Serializer } from '../dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2.serializer';
+import { BaseResponseParsingService } from './base-response-parsing.service';
+import { ResponseParsingService } from './parsing.service';
+import { RestRequest } from './request.models';
+import { Item } from '../shared/item.model';
+import { DSpaceObject } from '../shared/dspace-object.model';
+
+@Injectable()
+export class BrowseItemsResponseParsingService extends BaseResponseParsingService implements ResponseParsingService {
+
+  protected objectFactory = {
+    getConstructor: () => DSpaceObject
+  };
+  protected toCache = false;
+
+  constructor(
+    @Inject(GLOBAL_CONFIG) protected EnvConfig: GlobalConfig,
+    protected objectCache: ObjectCacheService,
+  ) { super();
+  }
+
+  parse(request: RestRequest, data: DSpaceRESTV2Response): RestResponse {
+    if (isNotEmpty(data.payload) && isNotEmpty(data.payload._embedded)
+      && Array.isArray(data.payload._embedded[Object.keys(data.payload._embedded)[0]])) {
+      const serializer = new DSpaceRESTv2Serializer(DSpaceObject);
+      const items = serializer.deserializeArray(data.payload._embedded[Object.keys(data.payload._embedded)[0]]);
+      return new GenericSuccessResponse(items, data.statusCode, this.processPageInfo(data.payload));
+    } else {
+      return new ErrorResponse(
+        Object.assign(
+          new Error('Unexpected response from browse endpoint'),
+          { statusText: data.statusCode }
+        )
+      );
+    }
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/comcol-data.service.spec.ts b/src/app/core/data/comcol-data.service.spec.ts
index b5727fb22f..59ae6619d8 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/comcol-data.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/comcol-data.service.spec.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { ResponseCacheService } from '../cache/response-cache.service';
 import { CoreState } from '../core.reducers';
 import { ComColDataService } from './comcol-data.service';
 import { CommunityDataService } from './community-data.service';
-import { FindByIDRequest } from './request.models';
+import { FindAllOptions, FindByIDRequest } from './request.models';
 import { RequestService } from './request.service';
 import { NormalizedObject } from '../cache/models/normalized-object.model';
 import { HALEndpointService } from '../shared/hal-endpoint.service';
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ describe('ComColDataService', () => {
   const EnvConfig = {} as GlobalConfig;
 
   const scopeID = 'd9d30c0c-69b7-4369-8397-ca67c888974d';
+  const options = Object.assign(new FindAllOptions(), {
+    scopeID: scopeID
+  });
+
   const communitiesEndpoint = 'https://rest.api/core/communities';
   const communityEndpoint = `${communitiesEndpoint}/${scopeID}`;
   const scopedEndpoint = `${communityEndpoint}/${LINK_NAME}`;
@@ -99,7 +103,7 @@ describe('ComColDataService', () => {
     );
   }
 
-  describe('getScopedEndpoint', () => {
+  describe('getBrowseEndpoint', () => {
     beforeEach(() => {
       scheduler = getTestScheduler();
     });
@@ -113,7 +117,7 @@ describe('ComColDataService', () => {
 
       const expected = new FindByIDRequest(requestService.generateRequestId(), communityEndpoint, scopeID);
 
-      scheduler.schedule(() => service.getScopedEndpoint(scopeID).subscribe());
+      scheduler.schedule(() => service.getBrowseEndpoint(options).subscribe());
       scheduler.flush();
 
       expect(requestService.configure).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expected);
@@ -129,13 +133,13 @@ describe('ComColDataService', () => {
       });
 
       it('should fetch the scope Community from the cache', () => {
-        scheduler.schedule(() => service.getScopedEndpoint(scopeID).subscribe());
+        scheduler.schedule(() => service.getBrowseEndpoint(options).subscribe());
         scheduler.flush();
         expect(objectCache.getByUUID).toHaveBeenCalledWith(scopeID);
       });
 
       it('should return the endpoint to fetch resources within the given scope', () => {
-        const result = service.getScopedEndpoint(scopeID);
+        const result = service.getBrowseEndpoint(options);
         const expected = cold('--e-', { e: scopedEndpoint });
 
         expect(result).toBeObservable(expected);
@@ -152,7 +156,7 @@ describe('ComColDataService', () => {
       });
 
       it('should throw an error', () => {
-        const result = service.getScopedEndpoint(scopeID);
+        const result = service.getBrowseEndpoint(options);
         const expected = cold('--#-', undefined, new Error(`The Community with scope ${scopeID} couldn't be retrieved`));
 
         expect(result).toBeObservable(expected);
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/comcol-data.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/comcol-data.service.ts
index 112afa0bc8..bb624eda0f 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/comcol-data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/comcol-data.service.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { ResponseCacheEntry } from '../cache/response-cache.reducer';
 import { CommunityDataService } from './community-data.service';
 
 import { DataService } from './data.service';
-import { FindByIDRequest } from './request.models';
+import { FindAllOptions, FindByIDRequest } from './request.models';
 import { NormalizedObject } from '../cache/models/normalized-object.model';
 import { HALEndpointService } from '../shared/hal-endpoint.service';
 
@@ -27,16 +27,16 @@ export abstract class ComColDataService<TNormalized extends NormalizedObject, TD
    * @return { Observable<string> }
    *    an Observable<string> containing the scoped URL
    */
-  public getScopedEndpoint(scopeID: string): Observable<string> {
-    if (isEmpty(scopeID)) {
+  public getBrowseEndpoint(options: FindAllOptions = {}): Observable<string> {
+    if (isEmpty(options.scopeID)) {
       return this.halService.getEndpoint(this.linkPath);
     } else {
       const scopeCommunityHrefObs = this.cds.getEndpoint()
-        .flatMap((endpoint: string) => this.cds.getFindByIDHref(endpoint, scopeID))
+        .flatMap((endpoint: string) => this.cds.getFindByIDHref(endpoint, options.scopeID))
         .filter((href: string) => isNotEmpty(href))
         .take(1)
         .do((href: string) => {
-          const request = new FindByIDRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), href, scopeID);
+          const request = new FindByIDRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), href, options.scopeID);
           this.requestService.configure(request);
         });
 
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ export abstract class ComColDataService<TNormalized extends NormalizedObject, TD
 
       return Observable.merge(
         errorResponse.flatMap((response: ErrorResponse) =>
-          Observable.throw(new Error(`The Community with scope ${scopeID} couldn't be retrieved`))),
+          Observable.throw(new Error(`The Community with scope ${options.scopeID} couldn't be retrieved`))),
         successResponse
-          .flatMap((response: DSOSuccessResponse) => this.objectCache.getByUUID(scopeID))
+          .flatMap((response: DSOSuccessResponse) => this.objectCache.getByUUID(options.scopeID))
           .map((nc: NormalizedCommunity) => nc._links[this.linkPath])
           .filter((href) => isNotEmpty(href))
       ).distinctUntilChanged();
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/data.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/data.service.ts
index f532ff05ba..5c01412ba7 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/data.service.ts
@@ -20,17 +20,13 @@ export abstract class DataService<TNormalized extends NormalizedObject, TDomain>
   protected abstract linkPath: string;
   protected abstract halService: HALEndpointService;
 
-  public abstract getScopedEndpoint(scope: string): Observable<string>
+  public abstract getBrowseEndpoint(options: FindAllOptions): Observable<string>
 
-  protected getFindAllHref(endpoint, options: FindAllOptions = {}): Observable<string> {
+  protected getFindAllHref(options: FindAllOptions = {}): Observable<string> {
     let result: Observable<string>;
     const args = [];
 
-    if (hasValue(options.scopeID)) {
-      result = this.getScopedEndpoint(options.scopeID).distinctUntilChanged();
-    } else {
-      result = Observable.of(endpoint);
-    }
+    result = this.getBrowseEndpoint(options).distinctUntilChanged();
 
     if (hasValue(options.currentPage) && typeof options.currentPage === 'number') {
       /* TODO: this is a temporary fix for the pagination start index (0 or 1) discrepancy between the rest and the frontend respectively */
@@ -53,8 +49,7 @@ export abstract class DataService<TNormalized extends NormalizedObject, TDomain>
   }
 
   findAll(options: FindAllOptions = {}): Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<TDomain>>> {
-    const hrefObs = this.halService.getEndpoint(this.linkPath).filter((href: string) => isNotEmpty(href))
-      .flatMap((endpoint: string) => this.getFindAllHref(endpoint, options));
+    const hrefObs = this.getFindAllHref(options);
 
     hrefObs
       .filter((href: string) => hasValue(href))
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/item-data.service.spec.ts b/src/app/core/data/item-data.service.spec.ts
index 4d0dc8aec3..718fbde2f6 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/item-data.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/item-data.service.spec.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { CoreState } from '../core.reducers';
 import { ItemDataService } from './item-data.service';
 import { RequestService } from './request.service';
 import { HALEndpointService } from '../shared/hal-endpoint.service';
+import { FindAllOptions } from './request.models';
 
 describe('ItemDataService', () => {
   let scheduler: TestScheduler;
@@ -20,9 +21,19 @@ describe('ItemDataService', () => {
   const halEndpointService = {} as HALEndpointService;
 
   const scopeID = '4af28e99-6a9c-4036-a199-e1b587046d39';
+  const startsWith = 'a';
+  const options = Object.assign(new FindAllOptions(), {
+    scopeID: scopeID,
+    sort: {
+      field: '',
+      direction: undefined
+    },
+    startsWith: startsWith
+  });
+
   const browsesEndpoint = 'https://rest.api/discover/browses';
   const itemBrowseEndpoint = `${browsesEndpoint}/author/items`;
-  const scopedEndpoint = `${itemBrowseEndpoint}?scope=${scopeID}`;
+  const scopedEndpoint = `${itemBrowseEndpoint}?scope=${scopeID}&startsWith=${startsWith}`;
   const serviceEndpoint = `https://rest.api/core/items`;
   const browseError = new Error('getBrowseURL failed');
 
@@ -46,16 +57,16 @@ describe('ItemDataService', () => {
     );
   }
 
-  describe('getScopedEndpoint', () => {
+  describe('getBrowseEndpoint', () => {
     beforeEach(() => {
       scheduler = getTestScheduler();
     });
 
-    it('should return the endpoint to fetch Items within the given scope', () => {
+    it('should return the endpoint to fetch Items within the given scope and starting with the given string', () => {
       bs = initMockBrowseService(true);
       service = initTestService();
 
-      const result = service.getScopedEndpoint(scopeID);
+      const result = service.getBrowseEndpoint(options);
       const expected = cold('--b-', { b: scopedEndpoint });
 
       expect(result).toBeObservable(expected);
@@ -67,7 +78,7 @@ describe('ItemDataService', () => {
         service = initTestService();
       });
       it('should throw an error', () => {
-        const result = service.getScopedEndpoint(scopeID);
+        const result = service.getBrowseEndpoint(options);
         const expected = cold('--#-', undefined, browseError);
 
         expect(result).toBeObservable(expected);
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/item-data.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/item-data.service.ts
index 6b0937d8e4..eb0896efdd 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/item-data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/item-data.service.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import { URLCombiner } from '../url-combiner/url-combiner';
 import { DataService } from './data.service';
 import { RequestService } from './request.service';
 import { HALEndpointService } from '../shared/hal-endpoint.service';
+import { FindAllOptions } from './request.models';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class ItemDataService extends DataService<NormalizedItem, Item> {
@@ -30,15 +31,15 @@ export class ItemDataService extends DataService<NormalizedItem, Item> {
     super();
   }
 
-  public getScopedEndpoint(scopeID: string): Observable<string> {
-    if (isEmpty(scopeID)) {
-      return this.halService.getEndpoint(this.linkPath);
-    } else {
-      return this.bs.getBrowseURLFor('dc.date.issued', this.linkPath)
-        .filter((href: string) => isNotEmpty(href))
-        .map((href: string) => new URLCombiner(href, `?scope=${scopeID}`).toString())
-        .distinctUntilChanged();
+  public getBrowseEndpoint(options: FindAllOptions = {}): Observable<string> {
+    let field = 'dc.date.issued';
+    if (options.sort && options.sort.field) {
+      field = options.sort.field;
     }
+    return this.bs.getBrowseURLFor(field, this.linkPath)
+      .filter((href: string) => isNotEmpty(href))
+      .map((href: string) => new URLCombiner(href, `?scope=${options.scopeID}` + (options.startsWith ? `&startsWith=${options.startsWith}` : '')).toString())
+      .distinctUntilChanged();
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/request.models.ts b/src/app/core/data/request.models.ts
index 7015b0b0f1..b87f9cefc8 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/request.models.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/request.models.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { AuthResponseParsingService } from '../auth/auth-response-parsing.servic
 import { HttpOptions } from '../dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2.service';
 import { HttpHeaders } from '@angular/common/http';
 import { IntegrationResponseParsingService } from '../integration/integration-response-parsing.service';
+import { BrowseItemsResponseParsingService } from './browse-items-response-parsing-service';
 
 /* tslint:disable:max-classes-per-file */
 
@@ -141,6 +142,7 @@ export class FindAllOptions {
   elementsPerPage?: number;
   currentPage?: number;
   sort?: SortOptions;
+  startsWith?: string;
 }
 
 export class FindAllRequest extends GetRequest {
@@ -183,6 +185,12 @@ export class BrowseEntriesRequest extends GetRequest {
   }
 }
 
+export class BrowseItemsRequest extends GetRequest {
+  getResponseParser(): GenericConstructor<ResponseParsingService> {
+    return BrowseItemsResponseParsingService;
+  }
+}
+
 export class ConfigRequest extends GetRequest {
   constructor(uuid: string, href: string) {
     super(uuid, href);
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/browse-entry.model.ts b/src/app/core/shared/browse-entry.model.ts
index fede195a39..932c6946d1 100644
--- a/src/app/core/shared/browse-entry.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/browse-entry.model.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { autoserialize, autoserializeAs } from 'cerialize';
+import { ListableObject } from '../../shared/object-collection/shared/listable-object.model';
 
-export class BrowseEntry {
+export class BrowseEntry implements ListableObject {
 
   @autoserialize
   type: string;
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/dspace-object.model.ts b/src/app/core/shared/dspace-object.model.ts
index 5e62e3e321..042bfc01a0 100644
--- a/src/app/core/shared/dspace-object.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/dspace-object.model.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { RemoteData } from '../data/remote-data';
 import { ResourceType } from './resource-type';
 import { ListableObject } from '../../shared/object-collection/shared/listable-object.model';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
+import { autoserialize } from 'cerialize';
 
 /**
  * An abstract model class for a DSpaceObject.
@@ -16,11 +17,13 @@ export class  DSpaceObject implements CacheableObject, ListableObject {
   /**
    * The human-readable identifier of this DSpaceObject
    */
+  @autoserialize
   id: string;
 
   /**
    * The universally unique identifier of this DSpaceObject
    */
+  @autoserialize
   uuid: string;
 
   /**
@@ -31,11 +34,13 @@ export class  DSpaceObject implements CacheableObject, ListableObject {
   /**
    * The name for this DSpaceObject
    */
+  @autoserialize
   name: string;
 
   /**
    * An array containing all metadata of this DSpaceObject
    */
+  @autoserialize
   metadata: Metadatum[];
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/operators.ts b/src/app/core/shared/operators.ts
index c0b9be3fbf..9009473765 100644
--- a/src/app/core/shared/operators.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/operators.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
 import { filter, flatMap, map, tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
-import { hasValueOperator } from '../../shared/empty.util';
+import { hasValueOperator, isNotEmpty } from '../../shared/empty.util';
 import { DSOSuccessResponse } from '../cache/response-cache.models';
 import { ResponseCacheEntry } from '../cache/response-cache.reducer';
 import { ResponseCacheService } from '../cache/response-cache.service';
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { RemoteData } from '../data/remote-data';
 import { RestRequest } from '../data/request.models';
 import { RequestEntry } from '../data/request.reducer';
 import { RequestService } from '../data/request.service';
+import { BrowseDefinition } from './browse-definition.model';
 
 /**
  * This file contains custom RxJS operators that can be used in multiple places
@@ -45,3 +46,19 @@ export const configureRequest = (requestService: RequestService) =>
 export const getRemoteDataPayload = () =>
   <T>(source: Observable<RemoteData<T>>): Observable<T> =>
     source.pipe(map((remoteData: RemoteData<T>) => remoteData.payload));
+
+export const getBrowseDefinitionLinks = (definitionID: string) =>
+  (source: Observable<RemoteData<BrowseDefinition[]>>): Observable<any> =>
+    source.pipe(
+      getRemoteDataPayload(),
+      map((browseDefinitions: BrowseDefinition[]) => browseDefinitions
+        .find((def: BrowseDefinition) => def.id === definitionID && def.metadataBrowse === true)
+      ),
+      map((def: BrowseDefinition) => {
+        if (isNotEmpty(def)) {
+          return def._links;
+        } else {
+          throw new Error(`No metadata browse definition could be found for id '${definitionID}'`);
+        }
+      })
+    );
diff --git a/src/app/shared/browse-by/browse-by.component.html b/src/app/shared/browse-by/browse-by.component.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f30c5b905c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/browse-by/browse-by.component.html
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<ng-container *ngVar="(objects$ | async) as objects">
+  <h2 class="w-100">{{title}}</h2>
+  <div *ngIf="objects?.hasSucceeded && !objects?.isLoading && objects?.payload?.page.length > 0" @fadeIn>
+    <ds-viewable-collection
+      [config]="paginationConfig"
+      [sortConfig]="sortConfig"
+      [objects]="objects">
+    </ds-viewable-collection>
+  </div>
+  <ds-loading *ngIf="!objects || objects?.payload?.page.length <= 0" message="{{'loading.browse-by' | translate}}"></ds-loading>
+  <ds-error *ngIf="objects?.hasFailed" message="{{'error.browse-by' | translate}}"></ds-error>
+</ng-container>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/browse-by/browse-by.component.scss b/src/app/shared/browse-by/browse-by.component.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/src/app/shared/browse-by/browse-by.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/browse-by/browse-by.component.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..883d61a221
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/browse-by/browse-by.component.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import { BrowseByComponent } from './browse-by.component';
+import { async, ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core';
+import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
+import { NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
+import { SharedModule } from '../shared.module';
+
+describe('BrowseByComponent', () => {
+  let comp: BrowseByComponent;
+  let fixture: ComponentFixture<BrowseByComponent>;
+
+  beforeEach(async(() => {
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      imports: [TranslateModule.forRoot(), SharedModule],
+      declarations: [],
+      schemas: [NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA]
+    }).compileComponents();
+  }));
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(BrowseByComponent);
+    comp = fixture.componentInstance;
+  });
+
+  it('should display a loading message when objects is empty',() => {
+    (comp as any).objects = undefined;
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+    expect(fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('ds-loading'))).toBeDefined();
+  });
+
+  it('should display results when objects is not empty', () => {
+    (comp as any).objects = Observable.of({
+      payload: {
+        page: {
+          length: 1
+        }
+      }
+    });
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+    expect(fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('ds-viewable-collection'))).toBeDefined();
+  });
+
+});
diff --git a/src/app/shared/browse-by/browse-by.component.ts b/src/app/shared/browse-by/browse-by.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..196134224c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/browse-by/browse-by.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import { Component, Input } from '@angular/core';
+import { RemoteData } from '../../core/data/remote-data';
+import { PaginatedList } from '../../core/data/paginated-list';
+import { PaginationComponentOptions } from '../pagination/pagination-component-options.model';
+import { SortOptions } from '../../core/cache/models/sort-options.model';
+import { fadeIn, fadeInOut } from '../animations/fade';
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
+import { Item } from '../../core/shared/item.model';
+import { ListableObject } from '../object-collection/shared/listable-object.model';
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-browse-by',
+  styleUrls: ['./browse-by.component.scss'],
+  templateUrl: './browse-by.component.html',
+  animations: [
+    fadeIn,
+    fadeInOut
+  ]
+})
+export class BrowseByComponent {
+  @Input() title: string;
+  @Input() objects$: Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<ListableObject>>>;
+  @Input() paginationConfig: PaginationComponentOptions;
+  @Input() sortConfig: SortOptions;
+  @Input() currentUrl: string;
+  query: string;
+}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-collection/object-collection.component.html b/src/app/shared/object-collection/object-collection.component.html
index c9b1cb92f5..b1d07db876 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-collection/object-collection.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-collection/object-collection.component.html
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 <ds-object-grid [config]="config"
                 [sortConfig]="sortConfig"
                 [objects]="objects"
-                [hideGear]="true"
+                [hideGear]="hideGear"
                 *ngIf="getViewMode()===viewModeEnum.Grid">
 </ds-object-grid>
 
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-grid/item-grid-element/item-grid-element.component.html b/src/app/shared/object-grid/item-grid-element/item-grid-element.component.html
index cc2f2efdb1..ee1b9c4239 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-grid/item-grid-element/item-grid-element.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-grid/item-grid-element/item-grid-element.component.html
@@ -1,22 +1,28 @@
-<div class="card">
+<ds-truncatable [id]="object.id">
+  <div class="card">
+    <a [routerLink]="['/items/', object.id]" class="card-img-top">
+      <ds-grid-thumbnail [thumbnail]="object.getThumbnail()">
+      </ds-grid-thumbnail>
+    </a>
+    <div class="card-body">
+      <h4 class="card-title">{{object.findMetadata('dc.title')}}</h4>
 
-  <a [routerLink]="['/items/', object.id]" class="card-img-top">
-    <ds-grid-thumbnail [thumbnail]="object.getThumbnail()">
-    </ds-grid-thumbnail>
-  </a>
-  <div class="card-body">
-    <h4 class="card-title">{{object.findMetadata('dc.title')}}</h4>
-    <p *ngIf="object.filterMetadata(['dc.contributor.author', 'dc.creator', 'dc.contributor.*']).length > 0" class="item-authors card-text text-muted">
-        <span *ngFor="let authorMd of object.filterMetadata(['dc.contributor.author', 'dc.creator', 'dc.contributor.*']); let last=last;">{{authorMd.value}}
-            <span *ngIf="!last">; </span>
-        </span>
-      <span *ngIf="object.findMetadata('dc.date.issued')" class="item-date">{{object.findMetadata("dc.date.issued")}}</span>
-    </p>
+      <ds-truncatable-part [id]="object.id" [minLines]="2">
+        <p *ngIf="object.filterMetadata(['dc.contributor.author', 'dc.creator', 'dc.contributor.*']).length > 0" class="item-authors card-text text-muted">
+            <span *ngFor="let authorMd of object.filterMetadata(['dc.contributor.author', 'dc.creator', 'dc.contributor.*']); let last=last;">{{authorMd.value}}
+                <span *ngIf="!last">; </span>
+            </span>
+          <span *ngIf="object.findMetadata('dc.date.issued')" class="item-date">{{object.findMetadata("dc.date.issued")}}</span>
+        </p>
+      </ds-truncatable-part>
 
-    <p *ngIf="object.findMetadata('dc.description.abstract')" class="item-abstract card-text">{{object.findMetadata("dc.description.abstract") | dsTruncate:[200] }}</p>
+      <ds-truncatable-part [id]="object.id" [minLines]="5">
+        <p *ngIf="object.findMetadata('dc.description.abstract')" class="item-abstract card-text">{{object.findMetadata("dc.description.abstract") }}</p>
+      </ds-truncatable-part>
 
-    <div class="text-center">
-      <a [routerLink]="['/items/', object.id]" class="lead btn btn-primary viewButton">View</a>
+      <div class="text-center pt-2">
+        <a [routerLink]="['/items/', object.id]" class="lead btn btn-primary viewButton">View</a>
+      </div>
     </div>
   </div>
-</div>
+</ds-truncatable>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/browse-entry-list-element/browse-entry-list-element.component.html b/src/app/shared/object-list/browse-entry-list-element/browse-entry-list-element.component.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9eedb70eab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/browse-entry-list-element/browse-entry-list-element.component.html
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<a [routerLink]="" [queryParams]="{value: object.value}" class="lead">
+  {{object.value}}
+</a>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/browse-entry-list-element/browse-entry-list-element.component.scss b/src/app/shared/object-list/browse-entry-list-element/browse-entry-list-element.component.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..45a533cd01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/browse-entry-list-element/browse-entry-list-element.component.scss
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+@import '../../../../styles/variables';
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/browse-entry-list-element/browse-entry-list-element.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/browse-entry-list-element/browse-entry-list-element.component.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..de53f2e095
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/browse-entry-list-element/browse-entry-list-element.component.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import { async, ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
+import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
+import { TruncatePipe } from '../../utils/truncate.pipe';
+import { Metadatum } from '../../../core/shared/metadatum.model';
+import { BrowseEntryListElementComponent } from './browse-entry-list-element.component';
+import { BrowseEntry } from '../../../core/shared/browse-entry.model';
+
+let browseEntryListElementComponent: BrowseEntryListElementComponent;
+let fixture: ComponentFixture<BrowseEntryListElementComponent>;
+
+const mockValue: BrowseEntry = Object.assign(new BrowseEntry(), {
+  type: 'browseEntry',
+  value: 'De Langhe Kristof'
+});
+
+describe('MetadataListElementComponent', () => {
+  beforeEach(async(() => {
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      declarations: [ BrowseEntryListElementComponent , TruncatePipe],
+      providers: [
+        { provide: 'objectElementProvider', useValue: {mockValue}}
+      ],
+
+      schemas: [ NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA ]
+    }).overrideComponent(BrowseEntryListElementComponent, {
+      set: { changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.Default }
+    }).compileComponents();
+  }));
+
+  beforeEach(async(() => {
+    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(BrowseEntryListElementComponent);
+    browseEntryListElementComponent = fixture.componentInstance;
+  }));
+
+  describe('When the metadatum is loaded', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      browseEntryListElementComponent.object = mockValue;
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+    });
+
+    it('should show the value as a link', () => {
+      const browseEntryLink = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('a.lead'));
+      expect(browseEntryLink.nativeElement.textContent.trim()).toBe(mockValue.value);
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/browse-entry-list-element/browse-entry-list-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/browse-entry-list-element/browse-entry-list-element.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a5c92e87ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/browse-entry-list-element/browse-entry-list-element.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import { Component, Input, Inject } from '@angular/core';
+
+import { AbstractListableElementComponent } from '../../object-collection/shared/object-collection-element/abstract-listable-element.component';
+import { renderElementsFor } from '../../object-collection/shared/dso-element-decorator';
+import { ViewMode } from '../../../+search-page/search-options.model';
+import { BrowseEntry } from '../../../core/shared/browse-entry.model';
+import { ActivatedRoute, Router } from '@angular/router';
+import { ListableObject } from '../../object-collection/shared/listable-object.model';
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-browse-entry-list-element',
+  styleUrls: ['./browse-entry-list-element.component.scss'],
+  templateUrl: './browse-entry-list-element.component.html'
+})
+
+@renderElementsFor(BrowseEntry, ViewMode.List)
+export class BrowseEntryListElementComponent extends AbstractListableElementComponent<BrowseEntry> {}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-list-element.component.html b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-list-element.component.html
index b4259c25c2..28b83b4000 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-list-element.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-list-element.component.html
@@ -1,18 +1,24 @@
-<a [routerLink]="['/items/' + object.id]" class="lead">
-    {{object.findMetadata("dc.title")}}
-</a>
-<div>
-  <span class="text-muted">
-    <span *ngIf="object.filterMetadata(['dc.contributor.author', 'dc.creator', 'dc.contributor.*']).length > 0"
-          class="item-list-authors">
-        <span *ngFor="let authorMd of object.filterMetadata(['dc.contributor.author', 'dc.creator', 'dc.contributor.*']); let last=last;">{{authorMd.value}}
-            <span *ngIf="!last">; </span>
+<ds-truncatable [id]="object.id">
+  <a [routerLink]="['/items/' + object.id]" class="lead">
+      {{object.findMetadata("dc.title")}}
+  </a>
+  <div>
+    <ds-truncatable-part [id]="object.id" [minLines]="1">
+      <span class="text-muted">
+        <span *ngIf="object.filterMetadata(['dc.contributor.author', 'dc.creator', 'dc.contributor.*']).length > 0"
+              class="item-list-authors">
+            <span *ngFor="let authorMd of object.filterMetadata(['dc.contributor.author', 'dc.creator', 'dc.contributor.*']); let last=last;">{{authorMd.value}}
+                <span *ngIf="!last">; </span>
+            </span>
         </span>
-    </span>
-    (<span *ngIf="object.findMetadata('dc.publisher')" class="item-list-publisher">{{object.findMetadata("dc.publisher")}}, </span><span
-          *ngIf="object.findMetadata('dc.date.issued')" class="item-list-date">{{object.findMetadata("dc.date.issued")}}</span>)
-  </span>
-    <div *ngIf="object.findMetadata('dc.description.abstract')" class="item-list-abstract">
-        {{object.findMetadata("dc.description.abstract") | dsTruncate:[200] }}
-    </div>
-</div>
+        (<span *ngIf="object.findMetadata('dc.publisher')" class="item-list-publisher">{{object.findMetadata("dc.publisher")}}, </span><span
+              *ngIf="object.findMetadata('dc.date.issued')" class="item-list-date">{{object.findMetadata("dc.date.issued")}}</span>)
+      </span>
+    </ds-truncatable-part>
+    <ds-truncatable-part [id]="object.id" [minLines]="3">
+      <div *ngIf="object.findMetadata('dc.description.abstract')" class="item-list-abstract">
+          {{object.findMetadata("dc.description.abstract")}}
+      </div>
+    </ds-truncatable-part>
+  </div>
+</ds-truncatable>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/metadata-list-element/metadata-list-element.component.html b/src/app/shared/object-list/metadata-list-element/metadata-list-element.component.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c05c4c10c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/metadata-list-element/metadata-list-element.component.html
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<a [routerLink]="['/browse/' + object.key + '/' + object.value]" class="lead">
+  {{object.value}}
+</a>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/metadata-list-element/metadata-list-element.component.scss b/src/app/shared/object-list/metadata-list-element/metadata-list-element.component.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..45a533cd01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/metadata-list-element/metadata-list-element.component.scss
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+@import '../../../../styles/variables';
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/metadata-list-element/metadata-list-element.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/metadata-list-element/metadata-list-element.component.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8098a6a8c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/metadata-list-element/metadata-list-element.component.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import { MetadataListElementComponent } from './metadata-list-element.component';
+import { async, ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
+import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
+import { TruncatePipe } from '../../utils/truncate.pipe';
+import { Item } from '../../../core/shared/item.model';
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
+import { Metadatum } from '../../../core/shared/metadatum.model';
+
+let metadataListElementComponent: MetadataListElementComponent;
+let fixture: ComponentFixture<MetadataListElementComponent>;
+
+const mockValue: Metadatum = Object.assign(new Metadatum(), {
+  key: 'dc.contributor.author',
+  value: 'De Langhe Kristof'
+});
+
+describe('MetadataListElementComponent', () => {
+  beforeEach(async(() => {
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      declarations: [ MetadataListElementComponent , TruncatePipe],
+      providers: [
+        { provide: 'objectElementProvider', useValue: {mockValue}}
+      ],
+
+      schemas: [ NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA ]
+    }).overrideComponent(MetadataListElementComponent, {
+      set: { changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.Default }
+    }).compileComponents();
+  }));
+
+  beforeEach(async(() => {
+    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(MetadataListElementComponent);
+    metadataListElementComponent = fixture.componentInstance;
+  }));
+
+  describe('When the metadatum is loaded', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      metadataListElementComponent.object = mockValue;
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+    });
+
+    it('should show the value as a link', () => {
+      const metadatumLink = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('a.lead'));
+      expect(metadatumLink.nativeElement.textContent.trim()).toBe(mockValue.value);
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/metadata-list-element/metadata-list-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/metadata-list-element/metadata-list-element.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..12e140c7bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/metadata-list-element/metadata-list-element.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { Component, Input, Inject } from '@angular/core';
+
+import { AbstractListableElementComponent } from '../../object-collection/shared/object-collection-element/abstract-listable-element.component';
+import { renderElementsFor } from '../../object-collection/shared/dso-element-decorator';
+import { ViewMode } from '../../../+search-page/search-options.model';
+import { Metadatum } from '../../../core/shared/metadatum.model';
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-metadata-list-element',
+  styleUrls: ['./metadata-list-element.component.scss'],
+  templateUrl: './metadata-list-element.component.html'
+})
+
+@renderElementsFor(Metadatum, ViewMode.List)
+export class MetadataListElementComponent extends AbstractListableElementComponent<Metadatum> {}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/shared.module.ts b/src/app/shared/shared.module.ts
index 57ba7dec4d..223eab4c69 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/shared.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/shared.module.ts
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ import { NumberPickerComponent } from './number-picker/number-picker.component';
 import { DsDatePickerComponent } from './form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/models/date-picker/date-picker.component';
 import { DsDynamicLookupComponent } from './form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/models/lookup/dynamic-lookup.component';
 import { MockAdminGuard } from './mocks/mock-admin-guard.service';
+import { MetadataListElementComponent } from './object-list/metadata-list-element/metadata-list-element.component';
+import { BrowseByModule } from '../+browse-by/browse-by.module';
+import { BrowseByComponent } from './browse-by/browse-by.component';
+import { BrowseEntryListElementComponent } from './object-list/browse-entry-list-element/browse-entry-list-element.component';
 
 const MODULES = [
   // Do NOT include UniversalModule, HttpModule, or JsonpModule here
@@ -139,11 +143,13 @@ const COMPONENTS = [
   ViewModeSwitchComponent,
   TruncatableComponent,
   TruncatablePartComponent,
+  BrowseByComponent
 ];
 
 const ENTRY_COMPONENTS = [
   // put shared entry components (components that are created dynamically) here
   ItemListElementComponent,
+  MetadataListElementComponent,
   CollectionListElementComponent,
   CommunityListElementComponent,
   SearchResultListElementComponent,
@@ -151,6 +157,7 @@ const ENTRY_COMPONENTS = [
   CollectionGridElementComponent,
   CommunityGridElementComponent,
   SearchResultGridElementComponent,
+  BrowseEntryListElementComponent
 ];
 
 const PROVIDERS = [