With over three-quarters of a million copies sold since its first publication, "The Craft of Research" has helped generations of researchers at all levels—from first-year students to advanced doctoral candidates and research reporters in business and government—conduct effective and meaningful research. This foundational work, conceived by experienced researchers and educators Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, and Joseph M. Williams, explains how to find and evaluate sources, anticipate and respond to reader reservations, and integrate these elements into an argument that withstands reader critique. The fourth edition has been thoroughly yet respectfully revised by Joseph Bizup and William T. FitzGerald. It retains the original five-part structure and the well-founded advice of previous editions while reflecting how research and writing are taught today.