The phrase "a guide to research" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to a resource or document that provides information or instructions on how to conduct research.
Example: "This book serves as a comprehensive guide to research methodologies for students and professionals alike."
Alternatives: "a research manual" or "a research handbook".
A guide to research resources for ESPM.
A guide to research resources on mathematical statistics topics.
Last year, the idea of searching for intelligent signals was explicitly endorsed in the newest version of "The NASA Astrobiology Roadmap," an outline of questions and goals assembled by 200 astrobiologists inside and outside NASA as a guide to research.
The site, movingimagesource.us, will feature articles by scholars, critics and authors, a calendar highlighting major gallery festivals, exhibitions and retrospectives around the world, and a guide to research resources online.
In particular, we try to understand the application-layer goals of a sensor network, and provide a guide to research challenges that need to be addressed in order to prioritize our defenses against threats to application-layer goals.
Guide to the Study of United States Imprints is a reference tool designed to serve both as a guide to research and as a practical manual for use in identifying, cataloguing, and recording printed matter.
A guide to researching and obtaining basic information about climate and atmospheric science.
A guide to researching a New York City building, touching on most of the research techniques discussed here, is on the Web site of the New York Society Library, at www.nysoclib.org.
Such is his finicky pleasure in his own process that belated Anglophone readers should not be surprised that Eco once published a guide to researching and writing a dissertation.
In the comparative law research section, Globalex has a guide to researching foreign law by subject, and guides to researching canon law, religious legal systems, comparative civil procedure, and international and comparative family law.
Making sense: a student's guide to research and writing: enginering and the technical sciences.
