NotebookLM Is Now Gemini Notebook: Beginner Tutorial (2026)

Got a pile of PDFs, docs, links and videos, and need answers without reading everything? Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM) is Google's free tool that answers questions using only your own sources, and every point links back to the exact passage it came from. In this step-by-step tutorial, I build a notebook from scratch with a PDF, a Google Doc, a website and a YouTube video, then ask questions across all four, check the citations, pick which sources to use, and save the best answers as notes. 📋 Free Gemini Notebook Quick-Start Checklist: https://docs.google.com/document/d/10... ▶️ All Gemini Notebook tutorials: [playlist link] ⏱️ Chapters 0:00 Answers from all your documents at once 0:21 What Gemini Notebook is (formerly NotebookLM) 0:44 Create your first notebook 1:01 Add a PDF 1:31 Add a Google Doc, website and YouTube video 2:12 Ask questions and check the citations 2:50 Choose which sources it uses 3:02 Save answers as notes 3:13 Limits and common mistakes 3:35 Recap and free checklist 🔗 Links Gemini Notebook: https://notebook.google.com Google help, create a notebook: https://support.google.com/notebooklm... Google help, add sources (limits): https://support.google.com/gemininote... Google help, notes: https://support.google.com/notebooklm... Rename announcement (NotebookLM is now Gemini Notebook): https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai... 📚 Sample sources used in the demo SBA Small Business Resource Guide 2026-2027 (PDF) SBA, Plan your business: https://www.sba.gov/counseling/plan-y... YouTube, How SBA Can Help You Start, Grow...:    • How SBA Can Help You Start, Grow, Expand, ...   Quick facts from the video • Each source: up to 500,000 words, or 200 MB for an uploaded file • Free plan: up to 50 sources per notebook • YouTube videos need to be public and have captions • Paywalled websites won't import Learnxpert: Master Free Tools. Grow Your Business. 🔔 Subscribe for more quick tutorials on Google tools:    / @learnxpert01   #GeminiNotebook #NotebookLM #GoogleGemini