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NotebookLM (ASU)

NotebookLM is an AI research assistant from Google that helps users organize and synthesize information for clearer insights and enhanced learning.

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Primary category

Research & Knowledge Management

Cost

None

Overview

NotebookLM is a free AI research and note-taking tool from Google that works only from the documents you give it. You upload your own sources (PDFs, Google Docs, meeting notes, web links, even YouTube videos) and then ask questions, get summaries, or generate things like briefing docs and podcast-style audio recaps, all with citations pointing back to your files. Because answers are grounded in your uploads rather than the open internet, it is one of the safer starting points for AI newcomers. ASU staff already have access: sign in at notebooklm.google.com with your ASURITE credentials at no cost.

Teaching uses

Featured ways to use this tool

Ask questions across a pile of documents

Upload a set of program docs, SOPs, or policy PDFs and chat with them like a knowledgeable colleague. For example, load your team’s onboarding docs and brand guidelines, then ask “What’s our process for requesting a new landing page?” and get a cited answer.

Turn briefs into podcast-style audio recaps

Generate an Audio Overview — a two-host conversational recap of your sources — from a project brief or research report. Handy for catching a busy team up on a strategy doc during a commute instead of asking everyone to read 40 pages.

Summarize research and long reports fast

Drop in student-success studies, market analyses, or vendor whitepapers and ask for key takeaways, a timeline, or a briefing doc. A marketer could distill three enrollment-trend reports into one page of talking points in minutes.

Build training and study materials from your own content

Generate FAQs, study guides, flashcards, or mind maps from meeting notes and documentation. Ops teams can turn a messy folder of process docs into a quiz-and-FAQ packet for training new student-facing staff.

Getting started

How to get started

Go to https://notebooklm.google.com and sign in with your ASURITE email. It is free for all ASU students, faculty, and staff.

Create a notebook and add your sources

Upload PDFs, link Google Docs, or paste URLs. NotebookLM only answers from the sources you give it, which is what makes it reliable for research.

Learn & explore

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How to Use Google NotebookLM

NotebookLM answers from the sources you give it, which makes it a good fit for course material, policy documents and research. ASU provides it through your ASURITE.

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