The Craft of Research

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

Content

Preface

Research, researchers, and readers

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

Asking questions, finding answers

#From Topics to Questions
#From Questions to Problems
#From Problems to Sources
#Using Sources

Making a claim and supporting it

#Making Good Arguments: An Overview
#Claims
#Reasons and Evidence
#Acknowledgments and Responses
#Warrants

Preparing a draft, drafting, and revising

#Planning and Drafting
#Revising Your Organization and Argument
#Introductions and Conclusions
#Communicating Evidence Visually
#Revising Style: Telling Your Story Clearly

ome last considerations

#The Ethics of Research
#A Postscript for Teachers
#An Appendix on Finding Sources
#General Sources
#Special Sources
#A Note on Some of Our Sources
#Index

Editions in print

*Cloth 2nd Edition (2003) ISBN 978-0-226-06567-0 (ISBN-10 0-226-06567-7)
*Paper 2nd Edition (2003) ISBN 978-0-226-06568-7 (ISBN-10 0-226-06568-5)

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

* [http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/hfs.cgi/00/15691.ctl The Craft of Research at UoCP]
* [http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/065685in.html Interview with the authors]