# Best practices

## Helpful groups

* Group for your own papers: `author=YOURSELF`
* Group for the papers of your team: `author=YOURSELF and author=COLLEAGUE1 and author=COLLEAGUE2`

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[Groups](/finding-sorting-and-cleaning-entries/groups.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}

## Sort order

**Library → Library properties**.

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[Library properties](/setup/databaseproperties.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}

## Use integrity check often

Use **Quality** → **Check integrity** often to ensure that the quality of your library does not degrade.

{% content-ref url="/pages/-Lr5am7HGMIVce571fJW" %}
[Check integrity](/finding-sorting-and-cleaning-entries/checkintegrity.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}

## Enable save actions

To ensure that your library stays consistent, specify your save actions in **Library → Library properties**.

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[Save actions](/finding-sorting-and-cleaning-entries/saveactions.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}


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