> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.consensus.app/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Save papers to your Library

> Bookmark papers and searches as you go, and keep them in a Collection for your project so nothing gets lost.

You'll find dozens of useful papers in your first week. **My Library** keeps them in one place, so you aren't relying on open tabs or your browser history. It's free on every plan and private to you.

## Step 1: Save a paper

With a search open, hover any paper in the **References** panel and click the **bookmark** icon. That saves the paper to **My Library** straight away, and opens a menu where you can also add it to a Collection or create a new one. It's easy to miss, but it's the quickest way to keep a paper you want to come back to.

<Frame caption="Hover a paper in References and click the bookmark to save it.">
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/consensus-f7e6ffce/k_-rK_7yzAtjVz-H/images/help/save-from-references.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=k_-rK_7yzAtjVz-H&q=85&s=d02671b9d77385847c8501f6d61f0006" alt="The References panel with a paper hovered, showing its action icons with the Save paper bookmark highlighted" width="1274" height="741" data-path="images/help/save-from-references.png" />
</Frame>

The same menu appears when you click **Save** at the bottom of a paper's details panel (open it by clicking the paper's **Supporting Quotes**). Tick a Collection to file the paper there, or type in the search box to find one.

<Frame>
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/consensus-f7e6ffce/k_-rK_7yzAtjVz-H/images/help/save-menu.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=k_-rK_7yzAtjVz-H&q=85&s=e76aae5a5353d5737f0e35be0fdce8aa" alt="The Save menu with My Library ticked and a search box for adding the paper to a Collection" width="715" height="288" data-path="images/help/save-menu.png" />
</Frame>

To save the whole search, including the answer, click the bookmark at the top of the thread.

## Step 2: Make a Collection for your project

A **Collection** is a folder of papers. Make one for your research project and save everything relevant to it there.

<Frame caption="Collections live in the left sidebar of My Library.">
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/consensus-f7e6ffce/wHajK_wM4l0mxqJf/images/help/my-library-02.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=wHajK_wM4l0mxqJf&q=85&s=46213478fef550ff76bc60b62ce45f65" alt="My Library with the Collections list in the left sidebar and the New Collection button highlighted" width="1280" height="712" data-path="images/help/my-library-02.png" />
</Frame>

## Step 3: Find it again

Open **My Library** from the left sidebar in Consensus. Click a Collection to see its papers, and sort them by title, author, year, or study design.

## Try it on your topic

Create a Collection named after your project and save at least 5 papers from your searches so far.

<Check>
  **You should now have:** a Collection for your project with your first papers in it. You'll build on it in [Organise and find gaps](/learn/build-collections).
</Check>

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="Go deeper: more Library features">
    Upload PDFs, import from Zotero, share a Collection, export a bibliography, and ask questions of your saved papers. See [Library](/core-features/library).
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>


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