The Craft of Research is a book by Wayne C. Booth

Wayne C. Booth

Wayne Clayson Booth was an American literary critic. He was the George M. Pullman Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in English Language & Literature and the College at the University of Chicago...

, Gregory G. Colomb

Gregory G. Colomb

Gregory G. Colomb was a professor of the English language and literature and Director of Writing Programs at the University of Virginia. His research interests were in writing studies, 18th century literature, and theory. He studied at Rice University and University of Virginia...

, and Joseph M. Williams

Joseph M. Williams

Joseph M. Williams was a professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at the University of Chicago.Williams began as a researcher of English language...

. The book aims to provide a basic overview of how to research, from the process of selecting a topic and gathering sources to the process of writing results. The book has gone through three editions, and become a standard text in college composition classes. The book is a winner of the 1995-96 Critics' Choice Award. http://www.amazon.com/dp/0226065847

Research, researchers, and readers

1. Thinking in Print: The Uses of Research, Public and Private
2. Connecting with Your Reader: (Re)Creating Your Self and Your Audience

Asking questions, finding answers

1. From Topics to Questions
2. From Questions to Problems
3. From Problems to Sources
4. Using Sources

Making a claim and supporting it

1. Making Good Arguments: An Overview
2. Claims
3. Reasons and Evidence
4. Acknowledgments and Responses
5. Warrants

Preparing a draft, drafting, and revising

1. Planning and Drafting
2. Revising Your Organization and Argument
3. Introductions and Conclusions
4. Communicating Evidence Visually
5. Revising Style: Telling Your Story Clearly

Some last considerations

1. The Ethics of Research
2. A Postscript for Teachers
3. An Appendix on Finding Sources
4. General Sources
5. Special Sources
6. A Note on Some of Our Sources
7. Index

Editions in print

• Cloth 3rd Edition (2008) ISBN 9780226065656
• Paper 3rd Edition (2008) ISBN 9780226065663

Translations

Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese), Korean http://www.yes24.com/Goods/FTGoodsView.aspx?goodsNo=153967&CategoryNumber=001, Portuguese http://www.siciliano.com.br/livro.asp?orn=LCAT&Tipo=2&ID=444316, Russian http://www.ozon.ru/context/detail/id/1893446/, Spanish http://www.agapea.com/Como-convertirse-en-un-habil-investigador-n76004i.htm, and Swedish http://www.adlibris.se/product.aspx?isbn=9144032277&r=1.

External links

• The Craft of Research, 3rd Edition at the University of Chicago Press
• Interview with the authors