Technology Desk: If you buy expensive books for studies or spend hours making notes, then there is good news for you. Now studying can become easier with the help of AI. Google has introduced a new Textbook feature in Gemini Notebook. With its help, students can access hundreds of free educational books.
The special thing is that AI will not just give information about books. It can also create personalized study guides, quizzes, and flashcards for you. This means that now there will be less need to wander to different places to prepare for the exam. You can choose the book of your choice and ask questions based on it. Let us know about this new feature of Google Gemini Notebook.
What is the Textbook feature of Google Gemini Notebook?
Google Gemini Notebook's new Textbook feature gives students access to digital books. Hundreds of educational books from different publishers are available in it.
Currently, users can access books from OpenStax, Open Textbook Library and S Chand Publishing. These include books from American and Indian publishers.
The biggest feature of this feature is that you can add any book as a source in your notebook. After this, AI answers your questions based on the information from the same book.
Inline Citations and links to the original book are also available along with the answer. This allows students to double-check information and read related topics throughout the book if needed.
How to add free books to Gemini Notebook?
If you also want to use this feature, then its process is quite easy. For this follow the steps given below.
First of all go to Google Gemini Notebook platform.
Open any old notebook as per your need.
If you want to create a new notebook, then click on 'Create a new one'.
Now select 'Add sources' option.
After this click on 'Textbooks'.
A list of available books will appear on the screen.
Select the book of your choice and add it as a source.
After adding the book, start asking questions related to it.
In this way you can understand the content of the book without making separate notes. Also, with the same information, other material can also be prepared for studies.
Create Quiz, Flashcards and Study Guide with AI
The most interesting part of this feature is its option to create study material. Many times students have trouble remembering the book even after reading it. In such a situation, this feature can be helpful.
You can prepare many types of things from the content of the book.
Study Guide: You can understand the important topics of any subject in an easy way.
Practice Quiz: You can prepare questions to check your preparation.
Flashcards: You can practice memorization through questions and answers.
AI Answers: You can get answers by asking questions related to the book.
This can make revision easier at the time of examination. Students can prepare for studies as per their need.
What will be the benefits of this new feature for students?
The biggest advantage of this feature of Google is that students get books and study related facilities at one place.
Generally, by asking questions to AI, many types of information are obtained. Due to this, sometimes students may deviate from the subject. But when a book is made a source, the answers are based on its content.
Additionally, the source links and citations provided with the answers make it easy to cross-check the information. However, while preparing for the exam, it would be better to match the answers with the original book.
This feature is also useful for students who have trouble reading long notes. They can revise important topics through quizzes and flashcards.
New feature of AI will make studies easier
Overall, the Textbook feature of Google Gemini Notebook is a useful change towards making the way of studying easier. In this, along with free books, the facility of preparing study material with the help of AI is also available.
Now students may have less need to use different tools to get answers to questions related to the content of books, check their preparation and do revision. This feature can be very useful especially during exams.