Gemini Notebook

What is Gemini Notebook?

Gemini Notebook is a research and note-taking tool from Google. You add your own sources, such as PDFs, Google Docs, web pages, YouTube videos or pasted text, and it answers questions and creates summaries based only on that material, with citations that point back to the exact passages. It is designed for students, researchers, writers and teams who need to understand a set of documents. Because answers are grounded in the sources you choose, it is easier to check than a general chatbot. It can also turn your sources into study guides, briefing documents, mind maps and Audio Overviews, which are podcast-style spoken discussions of the material.

Key features of Gemini Notebook

• Source-grounded answers

  Answers questions using only the sources in your notebook, with inline citations.

• Multiple source types

  Accepts PDFs, Google Docs and Slides, web pages, YouTube videos, audio files and pasted text.

• Audio Overviews

  Turns your sources into a spoken, podcast-style discussion you can listen to.

• Study guides and briefings

  Creates summaries, FAQs, study guides and briefing documents from your material.

• Mind maps

  Builds a visual map of the main topics and how they connect.

How to use Gemini Notebook

1. 01Go to notebooklm.google and sign in with your Google account.
2. 02Create a notebook and add sources such as PDFs, Google Docs, website links or YouTube videos.
3. 03Ask questions in the chat and click the citations to see the original passages.
4. 04Generate a study guide, briefing doc, mind map or Audio Overview from the Studio panel.

Use cases of Gemini Notebook

• Studying for exams

  Upload lecture notes and readings, then quiz yourself and review study guides.

• Literature review

  Ask questions across several research papers and trace each answer to its source.

• Onboarding to a project

  Load internal documents to get a quick overview of a new project or team.

• Learning on the go

  Listen to an Audio Overview of long reports while commuting.

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