Leveraging Google AI Tools for Enhanced Learning, Research, and Support

Over the weekend, I delved into some Google AI tools and am excited to share my discoveries!

First, I explored a Google Scholar AI outline tool mentioned in a Tech & Learning newsletter. This Chrome extension uses AI to generate outlines for PDFs. After disabling other PDF reader extensions, I tested it with a research article by Chris Dede found via Google Scholar. The extension instantly created a sidebar summary with clickable sections that jumped to corresponding parts of the PDF. It even provided citations and a save-to-reading-list option. This tool seems invaluable for anyone organizing research.

Next, I explored Google Notebook LLM, and it’s truly transformative. At the library where I work, I created a notebook for our Tech Tuesday team, where we assist patrons with tech issues.

Google Notebook LLM utilizes Gemini 2.0 to create chats based on various sources like websites, YouTube transcripts, and PDFs. You upload relevant documents for the chatbot to reference and then use prompts to generate answers. It can even create audio podcasts and notes in different formats. Due to library permissions, I…