Saving and Documenting Searches and Results - Since reviews can take a long time to complete, it is helpful to save and set up an alert in the databases to notify you if any new articles are added that fit your search criteria. Be sure that you think through your cutoff date for your alert. At some point, you do have to publish. We recommend that you save your searches and search history from the start of the project so that you don't lose any work as you develop your search strategy.
Exporting Results - If you are following Cochrane or Campbell guidelines, you will need to keep track of how many total results you retrieve from each database as well as the number of results after deduplication. Good organization and tracking will save you a ton of headaches later in the process.
Using Citation Managers - Citation managers help you organize and prepare your search results for the deduplication process and exporting to your screening software.