📚 What is NotebookLM?
NotebookLM is Google's AI-powered research and note-taking assistant that works only with the sources you provide. It lets educators upload documents, websites, slide decks, and audio files, then use Gemini-powered chat to explore the material with grounded citations.
Key capabilities include:
- Summarize long documents with clickable citations
- Generate audio podcasts, videos, mind maps, and infographics
- Create flashcards and quizzes from your materials
- Build searchable knowledge bases from policy documents
- Share notebooks with colleagues for collaboration
Learn the fundamentals: creating notebooks, uploading sources, chatting with your documents, and understanding citations. Perfect for first-time users.
Explore the Studio panel to generate multimedia artifacts: mind maps, audio podcasts, video overviews, infographics, slide decks, flashcards, and reports.
Build custom knowledge bases for policy compliance, data analysis, and collaborative leadership. Learn about analytics, Plus tier features, and privacy considerations.
🚀 Quick Start
- Go to
notebooklm.google.comand sign in with your SSD Google account - Click Create new notebook in the upper-left corner
- Upload a PDF, paste a URL, or import a Google Doc
- Start asking questions in the chat panel
- Explore the Studio panel to generate summaries, podcasts, and more