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BLY 549 Scientific Writing for Biologists

This guide is to support students in Dr. Major's BLY 549 course

What is NotebookLM


NotebookLM is designed as an AI-powered research assistant. You upload the materials that you want NotebookLM to use, and then you can use various tools within NotebookLM to ask questions, take deep dives, get summaries, and even quiz yourself.

Quick Tour of NotebookLM


This is the basic screen for NotebookLM. The sources that you have uploaded are on the left panel. In the center is the summary that NotebookLM has generated, this is also where you can ask questions. The right panel has all of the studio options.