A short overview of Evoke's functionality is provided here. The basic functionality allows you to explore thesaurus content. First, select the content you wish to browse (here). Then, navigate that content to find words and phrases of interest. The video below demonstrates the basics for exploring content!
Evoke offers the means to add information through annotations or by linking content created elsewhere. Moreover, you can perform advanced analyses that utilize the semantic hierarchy of thesauri. The video below demonstrates these advanced uses!
The workings of Evoke is described in the following article, which is publicly available:
A number of researchers have already employed Evoke to gain new insights into languages and the cultures of their speakers. The following special issue of an international, peer-reviewed journal brings some of their work together. The majority of these articles are published open access.
An overview of further work describing the many uses of thesauri, although not through the web application Evoke, can be found on the website of the Historical Thesaurus of English here.