# 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`

{% content-ref url="groups" %}
[groups](https://docs.jabref.org/v5/finding-sorting-and-cleaning-entries/groups)
{% endcontent-ref %}

## Sort order

**Library → Library properties**.

{% content-ref url="../setup/databaseproperties" %}
[databaseproperties](https://docs.jabref.org/v5/setup/databaseproperties)
{% 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="checkintegrity" %}
[checkintegrity](https://docs.jabref.org/v5/finding-sorting-and-cleaning-entries/checkintegrity)
{% endcontent-ref %}

## Enable save actions

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

{% content-ref url="saveactions" %}
[saveactions](https://docs.jabref.org/v5/finding-sorting-and-cleaning-entries/saveactions)
{% endcontent-ref %}