The first edition of Essentials of Qualitative Inquiry established itself as the key resource for introducing applied researchers into the qualitative tradition due to its clear exposition, step-by-step approach, and emphasis on methodological coherence. Concise and inexpensive, the new edition retains the key features of its predecessor but adds new material on methods, sampling, and analysis and introduces current trends in community-based research and arts-based research, among other updates. Maria Mayan’s book

-outlines the qualitative research process in a clear, transparent fashion;

-provides useful examples from a variety of disciplines to show various methods in action;

-is an essential textbook for introductory courses in qualitative inquiry in many disciplines and professional schools.