A thoroughly updated edition of a beloved classic that has guided generations of researchers in
conducting effective and meaningful research. With more than a million copies sold since its
first publication The Craft of Research has helped generations of researchers at every
level--from high-school students and first-year undergraduates to advanced graduate students to
researchers in business and government. Conceived by seasoned researchers and educators Wayne
C. Booth Gregory G. Colomb and Joseph M. Williams this fundamental work explains how to
choose significant topics pose genuine and productive questions find and evaluate sources
build sound and compelling arguments and convey those arguments effectively to others. While
preserving the book's proven approach to the research process as well as its accessible voice
and general structure this new edition acknowledges the many ways research is conducted and
communicated today. Thoroughly revised by Joseph Bizup and William T. FitzGerald it recognizes
that research may end in a product other than a paper--or no product at all--and includes a new
chapter about effective presentations. It features fresh examples from a variety of fields that
will appeal to today's students and other readers. It also accounts for new technologies used
in research and offers basic guidelines for the appropriate use of generative AI. And it ends
with an expanded chapter on ethics that addresses researchers' broader obligations to their
research communities and audiences as well as systemic questions about ethical research
practices. This new edition will be welcomed by a new and more diverse generation of
researchers.
