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[Lisa Todd]

This might be an odd question to ask, but here goes anyway...

I am one of two librarians in a small private research library.
Recently, some staff researchers have written myself and my coworker
into 2 years of a 5 year federal grant to study math and science
education. One of the stipulations of our being part of this research is
that we have to document systematic search strategies for literature
reviews. Our company has just purchased Reference Manager as a means for
managing bibliographies in the course of the research. As my coworker
and I worked through Reference Manager's tutorial, we noticed that there
is no means for us to document our search strategies via this software.

Which is why I'm posting this long-winded explanation and questions
here.

Does anyone know whether Reference Manager does have the ability to
allow us to document our search strategies, and attach each search
string to a specific citation?

If Reference Manager doesn't have this capability, is there such a
software available which will help us with this required documentation?
Someone from another listserv has suggested Trexy
(http://trexy.com/index.html), which might solve the problem.  But if
anyone else has an idea for us, let me know.

Thanks to anyone who can help us with this dilemma! 

Lisa R. Todd
Professional Library
Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
101 SW Main St., Suite 500
Portland, OR 97204
503-275-9555 
Books are the compasses and telescopes and sextants and charts which
other men have prepared to help us navigate the dangerous seas of human
life. -Jesse Lee Bennett