Summary
This beginner-friendly walkthrough shows how to get started with Gemini Notebook, the product formerly known as NotebookLM. Paul J Lipsky covers signing in at notebook.google.com with a free Google account and explains the three-part layout of every notebook: a sources panel on the left, a chat in the middle, and a Studio panel on the right.
Using old-school film photography as the example topic, the video demonstrates how to add sources such as a YouTube video and blog posts by pasting URLs, and how the built-in research option searches the web and suggests sources to import. The chat answers questions only from the selected sources and attaches citations that link back to the exact passage, and viewers can select a subset of sources to narrow the answers, for example using only a camera manual.
The video also previews Studio, where the same research can be turned into podcasts, slide decks, and infographics, shown through a 10-day Japan travel guide notebook. A sponsored segment from HubSpot points to a free guide comparing Gemini Notebook with ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity. Viewers come away with a clear starting workflow for research, study, and content creation.
📺 Source: Paul J Lipsky · Published October 01, 2026
🏷️ Format: Tutorial Demo
