Build Literature Reviews Faster with NotebookLM & Web Clipper
Clip journal articles, preprints, and PDFs from across the web into one notebook. Cross-reference 50+ sources, surface themes and contradictions, and produce citation-grounded reviews.
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From open-access preprints to paywalled PDFs you can view in your browser — everything feeds into one notebook.
Journal Articles & Preprints
Clip papers from PubMed, arXiv, SSRN, Google Scholar, and institutional repositories. Web Clipper extracts the article content and delivers a clean source to NotebookLM.
- Clip from any journal or preprint server
- Content extraction removes navigation and ads
- Works with open-access and login-gated papers
- PDFs detected automatically with a floating clip button
Reports & Technical Documents
Government reports, WHO datasets, institutional white papers, policy documents. If the PDF or web page is open in your browser, clip it to your research notebook.
- Clip web-hosted PDFs and HTML reports
- Side panel works on any website
- No per-site configuration needed
- Build a reference library across dozens of sources
Conference Talks & Seminars
Import recorded conference presentations, academic lectures, and research seminars from YouTube. Bulk-import an entire conference playlist in one action.
- Import individual talks or full playlists
- Entire conference channels saved at once
- Duplicate detection prevents re-importing
- Transcripts become searchable sources in NotebookLM
Academic Discourse & Threads
Save Twitter threads where researchers debate findings, share commentary, or link to new preprints. Full thread detection assembles the complete conversation.
- Automatic thread detection on X
- Full conversation assembled into one source
- Capture researcher commentary in real time
- Pair threads with the papers they reference
What NotebookLM Produces From Your Sources
Once your papers and reports are in NotebookLM, the AI synthesizes them into structured research outputs — grounded in your actual sources.
Literature Review Outlines
Ask NotebookLM to identify themes, contradictions, and gaps across your clipped papers. Generate structured outlines for your literature review, with inline citations pointing back to specific sources.
Cross-Reference Maps
Explore how your sources connect. NotebookLM surfaces shared references, conflicting findings, and recurring methodologies — then export mind maps to Obsidian-compatible Markdown.
Audio Overviews of Your Research
Turn your notebook into a podcast-style discussion of your collected papers. Review your literature on a walk or commute, generated entirely from the sources you clipped.
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Loved by Researchers & Professionals
This is the first time I have ever left a review for an extension. It's that good. Saves me so much time clipping articles and videos into NotebookLM.
Jędrzej Warczyński
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