My Library is where you organize the research you save in Consensus. You can store papers, searches, and uploaded documents in Collections so everything you care about is easy to find, revisit, and use in your work.
You can save items to your My Favorites collection or create custom Collections to organize research by topic, project, or question.
Where to find your Collections in My Library
Click the My Library button (bookmark icon) on the left sidebar
In My Library, you’ll see all your saved and uploaded papers
Your Collections will appear in the left sidebar, click on one to open it
Click the New Collection button (folder with a plus sign) in the top left corner to create a new Collection
How to import papers and upload documents into your Library
Click the Add papers button in the top right corner
Choose one of the following options:
Upload (PDF, RIS, or BibTeX)
Paste DOIs
Import from Zotero
Learn more about importing from Zotero here.
Your papers and uploaded documents will be added to your Library and can be organized into Collections.
You can upload published papers as well as your own documents, including manuscripts, experiment proposals, dissertations, clinical protocols, private research reports, and more.
Uploads are private and only accessible to you unless you choose to share a Collection that includes them.
How to save papers and searches to a Collection
Run a search in Consensus (ex: does zinc supplementation improve depression?)
To save a paper: Click the bookmark button on a paper
To save a search: Click the bookmark button at the top of the page
Select an existing Collection to save to or click 'New Collection' and give it a name
How to share a Collection with others
You can share Collections from My Library with other people so they can view or collaborate on the research you’ve saved.
To share a Collection:
Open My Library
Select the Collection you want to share
Click the Share button in the top right corner
Enter the email address(es) of the people you want to invite
Click the plus button
Click the email address to choose their role: Viewer or Editor
Click Send invite
To view Collections that have been shared with you, open My Library and click 'Shared with me' in the top left corner.
Learn more about sharing Collections here.
How to sort papers in your Library
You can sort papers in your Library and within individual Collections to quickly find what you’re looking for.
Click the My Library button (bookmark icon) on the left sidebar
This opens all saved items. Click a Collection to view papers within that Collection
Hover over the column headers (Title, Authors, Journal, Year, DOI, Design, Saved)
Click the arrow next to a column header to sort by that field
How to Chat with Collections
You can chat with papers in a Collection in two ways.
Option 1: From a new search
Start a new search
Click the Corpus button to select your entire Library
Click the + button to select a Collection or saved papers
Option 2: From within My Library
Open My Library
Use the search bar at the bottom of the screen to ask questions
If you don’t select specific papers or a Collection, your question will be answered using your entire Library
If you click into a specific Collection, your question will be answered using only the papers in that Collection
Chat with Collections is only available in Pro or Deep search mode. To unlock more usage, upgrade to the Pro subscription.
How to export answers to LaTeX
Run a search
Scroll to the bottom of the generated analysis
Click the Export button > Copy with citations
Choose LaTeX format
Paste into Overleaf or your preferred LaTeX editor
How to generate a bibliography from your Library
Open My Library
Select the papers you want to include
Click the download button (downwards arrow) above the search bar after selecting papers
Select Bibliography
Choose your preferred citation format (APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, LaTeX or AMA / Numeric)
How to export a RIS or CSV in My Library
Click the My Library button (bookmark icon) in the left sidebar
By default, My Library shows all of your saved papers. Exporting from this view will download your entire Library
Or click a specific Collection from the left sidebar to only export those specific papers
Once you’re viewing the papers you’d like to export, click the download (down arrow) icon and select CSV or RIS
Troubleshooting
How to delete a saved paper or Thread from a saved Collection:
Select the item(s) you'd like to remove
Click the 3 dots (...) at the bottom of the page
Click 'Delete items'
How to create a collection within another collection
Click the My Library button (bookmark icon) on the left sidebar
Click New
Name your new Collection
Under 'Create In' select the parent Collection you’d like it nested under.
Still need assistance? Contact us at [email protected] or via the Support Chat.