Once you've finalized your search, you will want to make sure you document the search you did. This is important for a number of reasons, including showing how you got the results you got from your search, helping you document the search for any future publications, and saves you time and avoids frustration doing multiple searches in the same databases.
You should document:
- Databases you used
- The search strategy for each databases (keywords as well as entire search string)
- Date you searched
- Any limits you used (time, language, etc.)
- Number of results for each database
