Understand anything with NotebookLM
NotebookLM is a free of charge generative AI tool that is grounded only in the information you provide. Upload your course materials and generate summaries, lesson plans, study guides and quizzes — all with in-line citations to ensure accuracy.
Your institution can get NotebookLM at no cost by signing up for Google for Education Fundamentals, even if you use a different primary productivity suite.
Already a Google Workspace for Education user? Try now.
NotebookLM is your personal AI-powered research and thinking partner
Educators, students, and staff can use NotebookLM to enhance research, accelerate learning and knowledge sharing, and streamline administrative tasks.
Purpose-built for teaching and learning
How does NotebookLM work?
Upload PDFs, websites, YouTube videos, Google Docs, Slides, and more. NotebookLM can create content and answer questions – grounded only in the information you provide.
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Upload your sources
Create a notebook and upload lecture notes, academic papers, education standards and course readings
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Analyze sources
NotebookLM automatically analyzes your sources
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Instant overviews
You get an instant overview and automatically-generated summary
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Ask questions
You ask questions or request new content
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Create content
NotebookLM answers your questions and creates multimedia content using only your sources
Explore what you can do with NotebookLM
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Listen and learn on the go with Audio Overviews
Create a podcast-like audio summary where two AI hosts discuss, debate, and summarize your class materials.
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Turn your content into engaging Video Overviews
Create explainer videos that pull in images, diagrams, and quotes from your documents to help make abstract concepts more tangible and easier to understand.
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Communicate visually with infographics and slide decks
Recap lessons, illustrate topics and explain concepts visually with AI-generated infographics and PDF presentations.
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Make connections between sources with Mind Maps
Visually summarize your uploaded sources, showing main topics and related ideas as a branching diagram.
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Chat with citations
Ask questions about your sources and trust your answers with verifiable, inline citations that link directly back to the original passage in your source documents.
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Test your knowledge with quizzes and flashcards
Instantly generate flashcards and interactive practice quizzes based exclusively on the sources you upload.
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Create instant study guides
Create study guides with key terms, sample quizzes (with answer keys), or a list of essay questions.
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Go beyond quick answers with Guided Learning
Study and learn in a new mode that helps you build a deep understanding of your sources instead of just giving quick answers.
Listen and learn on the go with Audio Overviews
Create a podcast-like audio summary where two AI hosts discuss, debate, and summarize your class materials.
Turn your content into engaging Video Overviews
Create explainer videos that pull in images, diagrams, and quotes from your documents to help make abstract concepts more tangible and easier to understand.
Communicate visually with infographics and slide decks
Visually summarize your uploaded sources, showing main topics and related ideas as a branching diagram.
Make connections between sources with Mind Maps
Visually summarize your uploaded sources, showing main topics and related ideas as a branching diagram.
Chat with citations
Ask questions about your sources and trust your answers with verifiable, inline citations that link directly back to the original passage in your source documents.
Test your knowledge with quizzes and flashcards
Instantly generate flashcards and interactive practice quizzes based exclusively on the sources you upload.
Create instant study guides
Create study guides with key terms, sample quizzes (with answer keys), or a list of essay questions.
Go beyond quick answers with Guided Learning
Study and learn in a new mode that helps you build a deep understanding of your sources instead of just giving quick answers.
Start using NotebookLM today free of charge
Get NotebookLM for all of your users today either with your Google Workspace accounts or as a standalone application by signing up for Google for Education Fundamentals – or upgrade for expanded capabilities, including higher limits and premium features.
ADD-ON TO YOUR WORKSPACE EDITION
NotebookLM
Free of charge
for qualifying education institutions*
Your AI-powered research and thinking partner, grounded only in your sources.
What's included:
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Enterprise-grade data protection: Core Service covered under Google Workspace for Education terms. Data is not human reviewed or used to train AI models.
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Up to 100 notebooks, each with up to 50 sources, and daily limits of 50 chat queries
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Ask questions about your sources and get answers with citations
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Turn your sources into podcast-like Audio Overviews (up to 3/user/day)
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Turn your sources into engaging, bite-sized video overviews (up to 3/user/day)
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Generate visually stunning infographics (up to 3/user/day)
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Create PDF slide decks (up to 3/user/day)
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Visually summarize your sources with Mind Maps
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Create a study guide with key terms, sample quiz and essay questions
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Test your knowledge with quizzes and flashcards (up to 10/user/day)
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Learn and study in Guided Learning, helping you build a deep understanding instead of just getting answers
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Create auto-generated, detailed summaries to understand any topic
*NotebookLM is available free of charge as a standalone app by signing up for Google for Education Fundamentals and enabling NotebookLM. NotebookLM is also included in all Google Workspace for Education editions free of charge.
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ADD-ON TO YOUR WORKSPACE EDITION
Google AI Pro for Education
$15*
$20
USD
per user/month, one year commitment
or $24.00 per user/month when billed monthlyUnleash your potential with expanded access to premium models and features in NotebookLM and Gemini and full access to Gemini in Workspace apps, like Gmail, Meet, Docs and more.
What's included:
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Enterprise-grade data protection: Core Service covered under Google Workspace for Education terms. Data is not human reviewed or used to train AI models.
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Up to 500 notebooks, each with 300 sources, as well as 500 daily chat queries
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Ask questions about your sources and get answers with citations
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Turn your sources into podcast-like Audio Overviews (up to 20/user/day)
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Turn your sources into engaging, bite-sized Video Overviews (up to 20/user/day)
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Generate visually stunning infographics (up to 15/user/day)
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Create PDF slide decks (up to 15/user/day)
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Visually summarize your sources with Mind Maps
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Create study guides with key terms, sample quizzes, and essay questions
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Test your knowledge with quizzes and flashcards (up to 100/user/day)
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Learn and study in Guided Learning, helping you build a deep understanding instead of just getting answers
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Create auto-generated, detailed summaries to understand any topic
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Advanced chat-only notebook sharing where users can’t see or edit sources
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Analytics for shared notebooks
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Supercharge productivity and creativity with full access to Gemini in Workspace apps, like Gmail, Meet, Drive, Docs, Forms, and more. Learn more.
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Get expanded access to premium AI models and features in Gemini for Education. Learn more.
*25% discount for Education Plus customers on purchases of 50-999 licenses with one year commitments. Contact sales or your reseller to learn more about additional discounting on purchases of 1000+ licenses, as well as discounting available for Education Fundamentals customers.
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“Integrating Gemini and NotebookLM into Google Workspace has transformed how students learn, faculty teach, and staff operate. Students can use Gemini for real-time study assistance, AI-powered writing support, and interactive learning in STEM, while NotebookLM can help streamline research and coursework.”
Dr. James P. Frazee, VP for Information Technology and CIO at SDSU
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“NotebookLM and Gemini are helping people experiment with GenAI in exciting ways, transforming the way they work and allowing them to streamline tasks that would otherwise consume their time.”
Lorne Rodriguez, Manager of Enterprise Generative AI, Chicago Public Schools
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“We have a lot of historical policies that have been created over the years, and there's a lot of common policy language across those. The idea of putting those together and then using NotebookLM to help us identify opportunities where the language is not in alignment or outdated and make them current would save so much time.”
Steve Bertino, Chief Information Security Officer, Wake Forest University
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“[NotebookLM] has really transformed the way that we process information and allows our staff to access information quickly, understand what it means, and then apply whatever we need to apply to support the work.”
Aaron Jaramillo, Senior Director of Educational Technology, Albuquerque Public Schools
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Find answers to common questions about NotebookLM
NotebookLM is an AI-powered research and thinking partner from Google. It acts as a specialized AI expert by allowing you to upload your own documents (PDFs, Google Docs, web links, etc.) and then uses those sources exclusively to generate summaries, answer specific questions, create study guides, and organize ideas – always with in-line citations to your original material.
You can access NotebookLM by visiting notebooklm.google.com or by downloading the standalone NotebookLM app from the Google Play Store (Android) or the App Store (iOS).
Once signed in, you can immediately begin creating notebooks and uploading sources.
NotebookLM is available in over 200 countries and territories worldwide, and the user interface and general AI output support over 50 languages. Furthermore, it supports processing source material and generating Audio/Video Overviews in over 80 languages.
For education users, NotebookLM is available to users of all ages when enabled by their school administrator.
Google AI Pro for Education is our premium AI solution for education. It brings together the power of Gemini with the collaboration and productivity benefits of Workspace – embedding generative AI into the tools you're already using every day – like Docs and Gmail – and providing expanded access to premium models and features in the Gemini app and NotebookLM.
For education users, contact your institution’s Google Workspace administrator. The administrator must purchase Google AI Pro for Education for your account to unlock the higher usage limits and premium features.
No. NotebookLM is available for personal use with a consumer Google Account. You can access it through the NotebookLM mobile app on Android and iOS devices or via the web at notebooklm.google.com.
However, to access NotebookLM with a school-issued Google Account, your organization needs to have a qualifying Google Workspace for Education edition and your administrator must have enabled access to NotebookLM for your account.
Yes, NotebookLM is a Core Service in Google Workspace for Education with enterprise-grade data protection, supporting compliance with COPPA, FERPA, and more. Learn more in the generative AI privacy hub.