# Organize Your Papers with Collections

You can now organize and manage your papers in the **Elicit Library** using **Collections**. Collections help you group related research, customize organization, and quickly launch reviews or extractions.

## Creating a Collection

There are three ways to create a new collection:

**From selected papers in your library (right sidebar)**

- Select one or more papers in your library.
- In the **right sidebar**, click **Add to collection**.
- Choose an existing collection or create a new one.

**From the Collections panel (left sidebar)**

- In the **left sidebar**, next to **Collections**, click the **+** icon.
- Give your new collection a name and (optionally) a description.

**From the upload pop-up**

- Upload papers using the **Upload** button in the top right corner.
- In the Upload pop-up, click **Add to collection** and choose an existing collection or create a new one.
- Uploaded papers will be added to the collection and also available in the 'All' section of your Library.

## Managing Collections

You can edit and manage your collections through the **right sidebar**:

- **Rename or update the description:** Open the **Settings** tab for the selected collection.
- **Delete a collection:** In the same tab, choose **Delete collection**. You'll be given the option to delete just the collection or delete the collection _and_ all papers inside it.
- **Add papers to collections.** Papers can be in multiple collections at a time. Select the papers and click **Add to collection** in the right sidebar.
- **Remove papers from collections.** Select the paper and click the Collection button at the top of the table. Click the collection you'd like to remove the paper from so it no longer has a checkmark next to it and click Apply.

## Using Collections for Research

Collections make it easy to start new workflows:

- Launch a **systematic review** or **data extraction** directly from the **quick tools** menu in the **right sidebar**.

- In workflows from the homepage, you can add collections of papers directly.

With collections, you'll have more control over how you organize, explore, and use your research in Elicit.