The Craft of Research is a book by Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams, Joseph Bizup, and William T. Fitzgerald.^[1] The work is published by the University of Chicago Press. 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 become a standard text in college composition classes and is now in its fourth edition.

The first edition of The Craft of Research was a winner of the 1995–1996 Critics' Choice Award.^[2] Material from The Craft of Research has also been adapted to form the first part of Kate L. Turabian's A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations.

Below is the structure of the work, as outlined in the fourth edition.

• Swedish: Forskning och skrivande: konsten att skriva enkelt och effektivt, ISBN 978-9144129327 (from 4th ed. 2019)
• Japanese: Risachi no giho, ISBN 978-4802611527 (from 4th ed. 2018)
• Korean: Haksul nonmun chaksongbop, ISBN 978-8993712889 (from 4th ed. 2017)
• Chinese: Yan jiu shi yi men yi shu, ISBN 978-7501189045 (from 2nd ed. 2009)
• Portuguese: A arte da pesquisa, ISBN 978-8533621572 (from 2nd ed. 2008)
• Spanish: Cómo convertirse en un hábil investigador, ISBN 978-8474328172 (from 1st ed. 2001)

• Research design
• Research question