Ask Your Documents Anything: Cited Search and Grounded Q&A with NotebookLM

AI Skill Booster

Important note: This training may demonstrate AI tools that are not approved for use with Stanford data. Inclusion in this session does not imply institutional approval. Participants should refrain from entering Stanford data into unapproved tools. An up-to-date list of approved and reviewed tools is available on the GenAI Evaluation Matrix page.

Code	Date	Delivery	Cost
ITSB-1038	Mon Jun 15, 9:00 am to 10:30 am	Live Online : 1 session	$150

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Explore how NotebookLM enables conversational querying of your documents with verifiable, cited responses. Practice uploading sources and asking questions to retrieve accurate, grounded answers.

Program Description

NotebookLM's source-grounded chat makes it possible to ask any question of your uploaded documents and receive answers that link directly back to the original passage, eliminating the risk of AI hallucination. This session explores how to structure effective queries, organize document sets for reliable retrieval, and use suggested questions to surface insights you might not have thought to ask.

Learning Objectives

Learners will have the opportunity to:
1. Explore how NotebookLM's source-grounded search differs from general AI chat
2. Practice uploading and organizing documents for effective conversational querying
3. Work with inline citations to trace answers back to specific source passages
4. Experiment with suggested questions and conversational follow-ups to deepen understanding
5. Build a querying workflow for a document set relevant to your work

Topic Outline

Topics:
- How source-grounded search and chat work in NotebookLM
- Uploading and organizing document sets
- Asking effective questions and using suggested prompts
- Verifying answers with inline citations
- Use cases for grounded Q&A in research, compliance, and operations

Tool used: Google NotebookLM

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