No idea of research logs, allows people to look up quickly if they have used that research before. The first thing to do when you bring the book, census, etc to the table to write, is LOOK UP AND SEE IF YOU HAVE LOOKED AT IT BEFORE. Are ou going to look through three pages? I would not. I use Excell, but you could use Works spreadsheet. Each file is for s separate state, where I am research., but could be by state and the ancestors name, if you have several in that state. My first column in the name of the book, send is the years it covers, and third is where I found the book. If you want to put in Dewey nos. OK, but it won't help at Sutro. I then sort the name of the book alphbelically. Now if I go to the 1860 Census, I will see all the Censuses at once. If I go to Land Records, they are all together for that State. I print these sheets, making sure that the space in the rows, and large enough to write. If I do not have that book, I enter the facts at the end. When I come home I add the new books, then resort, and I am ready for my next resarch. Also I have a copy of that research, if the hard copy is lost. For Louisiana I have three pages, Georgia, two, and Mississip, one. I find this eassier than going through 8 pages to find the name of a book. I am just lazy. Clara