CONTENTS

Tables, Figures, and Exhibits

Preface

The Editors

The Contributors

Part One A Qualitative Frame of Mind

1 Introduction to Qualitative Research
Stephen D. Lapan, MaryLynn T. Quartaroli, and Frances Julia Riemer

2 Ethics in Qualitative Research in Education and the Social Sciences
Donna M. Mertens

3 Grounded Theory
Robert Thornberg
Kathy Charmaz

4 Methodology, Methods, and Tools in Qualitative Research
Jean J. Schensul

Part Two Drawing on the Disciplines

5 Biography and Life Story Research
Cynthia E. Winston

6 Mystery Solved: Detective Skills and the Historian's Craft
Laurie Moses Hines

7 Ethnographic Research
Frances Julia Riemer

8 Trekking Through Autoethnography
Tony E. Adams
Carolyn Ellis

Part Three Integrating the Disciplines

9 Narrative Inquiry: Stories Lived, Stories Told