NotebookLM
Upload PDFs, notes, websites or YouTube links and get answers, summaries, study guides and audio overviews grounded in your sources.
What is NotebookLM?
NotebookLM from Google is a research notebook that answers only from the sources you give it. Upload PDFs, Google Docs, websites or YouTube links, and it can summarize them, answer questions with citations to your files, create study guides and even produce a podcast-style audio overview.
Upload PDFs, notes, websites or YouTube links and get answers, summaries, study guides and audio overviews grounded in your sources.
Studying and summarizing your own files
NotebookLM is free to use for normal needs.
How to start for free
- Go to notebooklm.google.com and sign in with Google.
- Create a notebook and add your sources.
- Ask questions, or generate a study guide or audio overview.
Strengths
- Answers stay grounded in your own material
- Audio overviews make studying easier
Limits to know
- Works only with the sources you add
- Limits on the number of sources per notebook
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Free plans and limits change often. Check the current details on the official NotebookLM website before relying on it for important work. Last reviewed October 2026.