1. Register an account: First, you need to register an account in HowNet official website, so that you can log in and use various functions of HowNet.
2. Search for documents: HowNet provides a powerful document retrieval function, and you can search for relevant documents through keywords, authors, journals and other information. In addition, you can also use advanced search functions such as time range and periodical category to find the documents you need more accurately.
3. Reading and downloading literature: After finding the literature you are interested in, you can read the full text online or download it to the local area for offline reading. Some documents may need to be paid, but many university libraries provide HowNet for free.
4. Access to citations: When reading the literature, you can access other people's citations of the literature, so as to understand the research status and frontier trends in this field.
5. Record and manage documents: In the process of searching and using documents, you can add important documents to your personal document library for future reference and management. At the same time, you can also mark the documents and quickly find similar documents.
6. Writing a paper: When writing a paper, you can find relevant documents from your personal literature library as a reference, and quote the opinions, data and other contents in these documents to enhance the persuasiveness and reliability of the paper.
7. Participate in academic activities: Many universities and research institutions regularly hold training courses and lectures on the use of HowNet. You can pay attention to these activities and improve your skills in using HowNet.
8. Use the community function of HowNet: HowNet also has a community called "Academic Circle", which can exchange academic experience, share resources and obtain academic information with other graduate students.