diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index 713e4f5..360b1da 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ S3method(get.edge.attribute,list)
 S3method(get.edge.attribute,network)
 S3method(get.edge.value,list)
 S3method(get.edge.value,network)
+S3method(get.inducedSubgraph,network)
 S3method(get.network.attribute,network)
 S3method(get.vertex.attribute,network)
 S3method(is.bipartite,mixingmatrix)
diff --git a/R/access.R b/R/access.R
index 9ba888c..237d805 100644
--- a/R/access.R
+++ b/R/access.R
@@ -906,6 +906,8 @@ get.dyads.eids<-function(x,tails,heads,neighborhood = c("out", "in", "combined")
 #' @param eid optionally, a numeric vector of valid edge ids in \code{x} that
 #' should be retained (cannot be used with \code{v} or \code{alter})
 #'
+#' @param ... additional arguments for methods.
+#'
 #' @return A \code{\link{network}} object containing the induced subgraph.
 #' @author Carter T. Butts \email{buttsc@@uci.edu}
 #' @seealso \code{\link{network}}, \code{\link{network.extraction}}
@@ -936,7 +938,13 @@ get.dyads.eids<-function(x,tails,heads,neighborhood = c("out", "in", "combined")
 #' 
 #' 
 #' @export get.inducedSubgraph
-get.inducedSubgraph<-function(x, v, alters=NULL, eid=NULL){
+get.inducedSubgraph <- function(x, ...) {
+  UseMethod("get.inducedSubgraph")
+}
+
+#' @rdname get.inducedSubgraph
+#' @export
+get.inducedSubgraph.network <- function(x, v, alters=NULL, eid=NULL, ...){
   #Check to be sure we were called with a network
   if(!is.network(x))
     stop("get.inducedSubgraph requires an argument of class network.")
diff --git a/man/get.inducedSubgraph.Rd b/man/get.inducedSubgraph.Rd
index f4fdb25..9a8ca77 100644
--- a/man/get.inducedSubgraph.Rd
+++ b/man/get.inducedSubgraph.Rd
@@ -2,16 +2,21 @@
 % Please edit documentation in R/access.R, R/operators.R
 \name{get.inducedSubgraph}
 \alias{get.inducedSubgraph}
+\alias{get.inducedSubgraph.network}
 \alias{\%s\%}
 \title{Retrieve Induced Subgraphs and Cuts}
 \usage{
-get.inducedSubgraph(x, v, alters = NULL, eid = NULL)
+get.inducedSubgraph(x, ...)
+
+\method{get.inducedSubgraph}{network}(x, v, alters = NULL, eid = NULL, ...)
 
 x \%s\% v
 }
 \arguments{
 \item{x}{an object of class \code{network}.}
 
+\item{...}{additional arguments for methods.}
+
 \item{v}{a vector of vertex IDs, or, for \code{\%s\%}, optionally a list containing two disjoint vectors of vertex IDs (see below).}
 
 \item{alters}{optionally, a second vector of vertex IDs.  Must be disjoint