Mind Maps in NotebookLM

Mind Maps in NotebookLM visually summarize your uploaded sources, showing main topics and related ideas as a branching diagram.

Mind maps can:

• Provide a quick overview: Understand the big picture and key themes of your source material quickly.

• Explore and learn new things easily: Get a clear entry point to new topics, making it easier to understand their main concepts before diving into the details.

• Connect the dots: Visually discover how different ideas relate to each other, and identify links and associations that might not be obvious.

• Organize your thoughts: Use Mind Maps to structure information, to improve how you understand and remember it.

Generate a Mind Map

1. In NotebookLM, open an existing notebook or create a new notebook and upload sources.

2. In the chat, select the Mind Map chip.

3. In the “Studio” panel, you can find a new note with your generated Mind Map.

• You can revisit your Mind Map at any time.

4. To regenerate, select More (three dot icon) and Delete note.

• This restarts the generation process.

How to Interact with a Mind Map

• Zoom in or out and scroll: This allows you to navigate different parts of the Mind Map and focus on specific areas.

• Expand or collapse branches: You can expand branches to find more detailed sub-topics or collapse them to get a higher-level view.

• Select nodes to ask questions: Directly select a node in the Mind Map to ask questions in the NotebookLM chat about that specific topic.

• Other: To expand or collapse the view, download , or exit , look at the options in the top right corner.

How to Save & Share a Mind Map

• Option 1: Generate a Mind Map, then share the entire notebook with another user. They will be able to load the same Mind Map in the Studio panel.

• Option 2: Download the Mind Map by selecting Download within the Mind Map window and share the downloaded file.