software - PDF or TIFF database

[rosenberg]

I looked for information on this in the Web4Lib archives, and saw some 
partially-related discussion, but I'm hoping to get more ideas.

To put it in a broad way, we have a collection of reports and other 
documents which we would like to scan (probably make into PDFs), link to a 
database, and provide access to, within our corporate division.  We want to 
keep costs low.  Any recommendations for appropriate database (and/or 
scanning) software?

The software we are looking at so far is records-management-oriented (such 
as Alchemy http://www.imrgold.com/products/alchemy/index.htm --which 
creates a database as part of the scanning process). We would like 
something more bibliographic/library-oriented, with good search 
capabilities, and ability to create bibliographies, but still with the 
flexibility to enter various types of information about the documents in 
the document records.  We are considering Inmagic, but aren't yet sure this 
would meet our needs/fit our budget.

Any suggestions appreciated,

Sarah Rosenberg
rosenberg at syrres.com
Syracuse Research Corporation