The Craft of Research is a book by Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams, Joseph Bizup, and William T.

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.