Study from a free textbook with quizzes built from its pages
You pick a full textbook from a built-in catalog, and every answer links back to the page it came from.
Published . Steps as of November 2026.
Can I study a textbook with AI and get quizzed on it?
Yes. Add a free textbook to Gemini Notebook from the Textbooks option under Add sources, as of October 2026, then ask for a study plan and a practice quiz. Answers stay grounded in that book with links back to the source. If your subject is in the catalog, this is the fastest route. If you own the book as a PDF instead, you can upload it as a regular source and use the same prompt.
A sketch of what you'll get back.
Your prompt
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This AI can't be filled in from a link, so the button copies your prompt: paste it into the new chat.
The prompt that gets copied
I'm learning [YOUR SUBJECT, e.g. intro to psychology] from the textbook in this notebook. I have [STUDY TIME, e.g. 30 minutes a day] and my goal is [YOUR GOAL, e.g. pass a community college exam]. Using only this textbook, make me a study plan for [WHICH CHAPTERS, e.g. chapters 1 to 4]. For each chapter, give me the 5 ideas that matter most in plain words, one everyday example for each, and the page or section where I can read more. Then write 8 practice questions mixing short-answer, multi-select and fill-in-the-blank, and hold the answers until I've tried them. After I answer, tell me which ideas I'm shaky on and what to reread first.
Add a free textbook straight into Gemini Notebook, then get a study guide and a quiz that cite the exact pages. Great for students, career changers or anyone learning a subject from scratch.
Step by step
- Open Gemini Notebook and create a new notebook
- Click Add sources, then Textbooks, and pick a book on your subject
- Paste the prompt below into the notebook chat
- Ask for a quiz on the chapter you just read and check where to focus next
What you'll get
A chapter-by-chapter study plan with cited key ideas, a mixed practice quiz, and feedback on what to review next.
Textbook catalog comes from U.S. and India providers such as OpenStax and Open Textbook Library.
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- Everyone
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- Gemini Notebook