Hesse-Biber, S., & Leavy, P. (Eds.). (2008). Handbook of Emergent Methods. New York: Guilford Press.

sive overview of emergent research issues as well as potentially powerful innovations in research processes and methods practices in the social and behavioral sciences. The Hand-book is designed to both encourage established researchers to explore new research tools and lenses and thereby enrich their practices, and to inform graduate students as they design studies to answer their research questions. The Handbook’s authors do an admir-able job of locating the reader inside an exciting world of novel and cutting-edge research methods, guided by theory and research, and presented by scholars representing a wide range of disciplines. The text is suitable for graduate-level research methods courses in education, psychology, the humanities, and health services fields. Although Hesse-Biber and Leavy suggest that the Handbook may be appropriate for upper-level undergraduates as well, I think that only a few chapters are suitable for this audience. The 740-page hardbound text consists of an introductory chapter by the Handbook’s authors and 3 major sections consisting of 32 original chapters from leading scholars. At the beginning of each section, the Handbook’s authors provide a useful four- to eight-page introduction. The first section, ‘‘Historical Context of Emergent Methods and Innovatio