Getting started with NotebookLM

To get started with NotebookLM, you can login with your Monash email and password. The next step is to create a notebook which is your personal workspace where you can organise and interact with your study materials. It allows you to add almost anything as a source to generate summaries and explanations, and create study tools like outlines, flashcards, and podcasts. After you have added your sources, you can talk directly to NotebookLM to generate insights to help you learn. Each notebook is divided into three sections:

  1. Sources – This is where you upload and organise your materials—PDFs, Word documents, audio files, or links from Google Drive. If you don’t have any sources yet, you can use the built-in search to find relevant content. NotebookLM has robust security and does not use your uploaded materials for AI training.
  2. Chat – Use Chat to ask questions about your sources and get tailored answers. You can ask it to explain complex concepts in simpler terms, summarise a single paper, combine ideas across multiple papers, or clarify the statistical results presented in a study.
  3. Studio – Studio helps you turn your sources into study tools like audio/video summaries, flashcards, quizzes, mind maps, and more!