1. A database authentication and session management system comprising computer hardware and software that manages authorization and session management steps for a user to access and search a plurality of databases, including: bundling authentication and functional session context information for each of the plurality of databases, wherein the bundled authentication and functional session context information is unique to a user session and each database returning search results, and is associated with any full-record URLs targeted to each database; transferring the bundled authentication and functional session context information, along with a target URL associated with one of the plurality of databases, to a session manager for management of a full-record native database session for the one of the plurality of databases associated with the target URL; reconstructing and managing the user session for the one of the plurality of databases associated with the target URL within the session manager, using the authentication and functional session context information in a manner that enables full-record access to the one of the plurality of databases associated with the target URL without re-authenticating or backtracking within a session dialog.