diff --git a/src/traits.rs b/src/traits.rs
index b7ff999..20051fb 100644
--- a/src/traits.rs
+++ b/src/traits.rs
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ pub trait CompleteCalendar : BaseCalendar {
     async fn get_item_ids(&self) -> Result<HashSet<ItemId>, Box<dyn Error>>;
 
     /// Returns all items that this calendar contains
+    ///
+    /// See [`crate::utils::comparison`] for helper functions that help sorting the results
     async fn get_items(&self) -> Result<HashMap<ItemId, &Item>, Box<dyn Error>>;
 
     /// Returns a particular item
diff --git a/src/utils/comparison.rs b/src/utils/comparison.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db0095b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/comparison.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+//! Utilities to compare custom types
+//!
+//! These can be used to sort results, e.g. by using `sorted_by` from the `itertools` crate
+
+use crate::item::{Item, ItemId};
+
+/// Compare alphabetically types returned e.g. by [`crate::traits::CompleteCalendar::get_items`]
+pub fn compare_items_alpha(left: &(&ItemId, &&Item), right: &(&ItemId, &&Item)) -> std::cmp::Ordering {
+    Ord::cmp(&left.1.name().to_lowercase(), &right.1.name().to_lowercase())
+}
diff --git a/src/utils/mod.rs b/src/utils/mod.rs
index 9aba3a5..82519e2 100644
--- a/src/utils/mod.rs
+++ b/src/utils/mod.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ use crate::calendar::CalendarId;
 use crate::Item;
 use crate::item::SyncStatus;
 
+pub mod comparison;
+
 /// Walks an XML tree and returns every element that has the given name
 pub fn find_elems<S: AsRef<str>>(root: &Element, searched_name: S) -> Vec<&Element> {
     let searched_name = searched_name.as_ref();