This text is a collection of readings for students undertaking any kind of social science inquiry. Editor Darin Weinberg has selected articles first and foremost for their conceptual accessibility and provides editorial introductions for students being introduced to research methods for the first time. As a whole, the readings represent classic and contemporary scholarship in the field. Through this volume, students should become acquainted not only with the full range of contemporary qualitative research methods, but the location of these methods in wider scientific breakthroughs. This reading on qualitative methods provides a comprehensive overview that is both accessible and definitive.