The Penguin Connection -- Student Handbook – http://penguinconnection.ysu.edu/
YSU Center for International Studies and Programs http://www.ysu.edu/cisp/international/information.shtml
YSU Center for Working-Class Studies – http://www.as.ysu.edu/~cwcs/
YSU Fast Facts – http://www.ysu.edu/aboutysu/fastfacts.pdf
YSU Financial Aid – http://www.ysu.edu/finaid/

Professional Organizations

American Studies Association (ASA) – http://www.theasa.net/about/
Center for American Studies (Belgium) – http://www.kbr.be/cas/
European Association of American Studies (EAAS) – http://www.eaas.eu/
Great Lakes American Studies Association (GLASA) – http://www.ohiou.edu/glasa/
International American Studies Association (IASA)
http://www.iasaweb.org/IASA.html
Popular Culture Association / American Culture Association (PCA/ACA)http://www.h-net.org/~pcaaca/

American Studies Association -- Careers in American Studies http://www.theasa.net/resources/careers/
American Studies Association -- Employment Opportunities http://www.theasa.net/opportunities/employment/
American Studies Association -- Internships
http://asa.press.jhu.edu/gasr/internships.html
Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber Internship Program http://www.regionalchamber.com/headline2.htm

Maag Library -- YSU campus http://www.maag.ysu.edu/
Mahoning Valley Arms Family Museum http://www.mahoninghistory.org/armhome.stm
McKinley Memorial Library and Museum – http://www.mckinley.lib.oh.us/
Warren-Trumbull County Public Library – http://www.wtcpl.lib.oh.us/
William McKinley Presidential Museum and Library http://www.mckinleymuseum.org/Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Laborhttp://www.ohiohistory.org/places/youngst/
Youngstown Public Library – http://libraryvisit.org/

Local museums

Mahoning County

Arms Family Museum – http://www.mahoninghistory.org/armhome.stm
Butler Museum of Art, Main Branch – http://www.butlerart.com/
Children’s Museum of the Valley – http://www.valleykids.org/home.htm
Mahoning Valley Arms Family Museum http://www.mahoninghistory.org/armhome.stmMcDonough Museum of Art – http://mcdonoughmuseum.ysu.edu/
Rose Melnick Medical Museum – http://melnick-museum.ysu.edu/
Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Laborhttp://www.ohiohistory.org/places/youngst/

Trumbull County

Butler Museum of Art, Trumbull Branch – http://www.butlerart.com/
National Packard Museum in Warren – http://www.packardmuseum.org/
Sutliff Museum – http://www.wtcpl.lib.oh.us/museum.htm
Trumbull Art Gallery – http://www.trumbullartgallery.com/
William McKinley Presidential Museum and Libraryhttp://www.mckinleymuseum.org/

Columbiana County

Butler Museum of Art, Salem Branch – http://www.butlerart.com/
Museum of Ceramics – http://www.themuseumofceramics.org/

For other museums in Ohio, see: Ohio Museums Association – http://www.ohiomuseums.org/

Museums in Pittsburgh

August Wilson Center for African American Culture
http://www.augustwilsoncenter.org/
Carnegie Museum of Art – http://www.cmoa.org/
Carnegie Museum of Natural History – http://www.carnegiemnh.org/
Carnegie Science Center – http://www.carnegiesciencecenter.org/defaultHome.aspx
Fort Pitt Museum – http://www.fortpittmuseum.com/
Frick Art and Historical Center – http://www.frickart.com/home/
Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center – http://www.pghhistory.org/
James L. Kelso Bible Lands Museum – http://www.pts.edu/museum.html
Mattress Factory Museum – http://www.mattress.org/
Old Economy Village – http://www.oldeconomyvillage.org/
Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens – http://www.phipps.conservatory.org/Pittsburgh Children’s Museum – http://www.pittsburghkids.org/

Museums in Cleveland

African American Museum – http://www.aamcleveland.org/
Cleveland Botanical Gardens – http://www.cbgarden.org/
Cleveland Museum of Art – http://www.clevelandart.org/
Cleveland Museum of Natural History – http://www.cmnh.org/site/
Crawford Auto and Aviation Museum – http://www.wrhs.org/crawford/default.asp
Dunham Museum – http://www.dunhamtavern.org/index.htm
Great Lakes Science Center – http://www.glsc.org/
The Health Museum of Cleveland – http://www.healthspacecleveland.org/
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum – http://www.rockhall.com/
The Steamer William G. Mather Museum –  http://wgmather.nhlink.net/
The Western Reserve Historical Society Museum and Library http://www.wrhs.org/template.asp?id=159

Museums in Akron

Akron Art Museum – http://www.akronartmuseum.org
Hale Farm and Village –  http://www.wrhs.org/halefarm/
Inventure Place, the National Inventors Hall of Fame – http://www.invent.org/

National

America’s Black Holocaust Museum
http://www.blackholocaustmuseum.org/index.html
National Civil Rights Museum – http://www.civilrightsmuseum.org
National Museum of American History – http://americanhistory.si.edu/
Smithsonian Institution – http://www.si.edu/
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum – http://www.ushmm.org/
Whitney Museum of Art – http://www.whitney.org/

Research

American Fact Finder (U.S. Census Bureau) http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en
American Social History Project – http://www.ashp.cuny.edu/
American Studies Association (ASA) Crossroads
http://www.georgetown.edu/crossroads/asainfo.html

Archival Research Catalog – http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/
The Brookings Institution – http://www.brookings.edu/default.htm
Center for History and New Media – http://chnm.gmu.edu/
Encyclopedia of American Studies – http://eas-ref.press.jhu.edu/
*need membership to the American Studies Association: http://www.theasa.net/about/page/membership_in_the_asa/*

Historical Text Archive –  http://historicaltextarchive.com/
Guide to American Studies Resources Online
http://asa.press.jhu.edu/gasr/international.html

Library of Congress -- American Memory – http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/
Library of Congress –  http://www.loc.gov/index.html

Mahoning Valley Historical Society – http://www.mahoninghistory.org/
National Geographic History and Culture Photo Galleries http://www.nationalgeographic.com/siteindex/photogallery/history.html
New York Public Library Digital Gallery http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm
Ohio Historical Society – http://www.ohiohistory.org/

Ohioana Library Association – http://www.ohioana.org/

Ohio Memory Online Scrapbook – http://www.ohiomemory.org/
Ohio Social Studies Resource Center – http://www.ossrc.org/
Picturing Modern America – http://www.edc.org/CCT/PMA/
Project for Public Spaces (PPS) – http://www.pps.org/

Statistics Canada – http://www.statcan.ca/
U.S. Census Bureau – http://www.census.gov/
U.S. National Archives and Records Administration – http://www.archives.gov/
Visible Knowledge Project – http://crossroads.georgetown.edu/vkp/about/
Voices of the Shuttle: Web Page for Humanities Research – http://vos.ucsb.edu/

Local Media

East Liverpool Review – http://www.reviewonline.com/
Lisbon Morning Journal – http://www.morningjournalnews.com/
New Castle News – http://www.ncnewsonline.com/
Salem News – http://www.salemnews.net/
Sharon Herald – http://www.sharonherald.com/
Warren Tribune-Chronicle – http://www.tribune-chronicle.com/
Youngstown Vindicator – http://www.vindy.com/

Local historical societies

Lawrence County – http://www.lawrencechs.com
Mahoning County – http://www.mahoninghistory.org/
Mercer County – http://www.mchspa.org
Trumbull County – http://www.trumbullcountyhistory.org/

Bibliographies
Bernard Mergen -- “American Studies Bibliography” http://exchanges.state.gov/education/amstudy/currents/AmBibliography.pdf
Currents in American Scholarship -- Study of the U.S. http://exchanges.state.gov/education/amstudy/currents.htm
Richard P. Horwitz -- “American Studies Recommendations” http://myweb.uiowa.edu/rhorwitz/

Digital Collections
American Studies Association Digital Archive (Newsletters, Minutes, and Reports) http://www.georgetown.edu/crossroads/AmericanStudiesAssn/newsletter/archive/articles.html
Columbia University Libraries -- Digital Collections http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/digital/
University of Houston Digital History – http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/
University of Washington Libraries -- Digital Collections http://content.lib.washington.edu/

Journals / Discussion Boards
American Quarterly *Need membership to the ASA http://www.americanquarterly.org/index.php/resources/
American Studies (a tri-annual interdisciplinary journal sponsored by the Mid-America American Studies Association and the University of Kansas) http://www2.ku.edu/~amerstud/
American Studies Association -- Directory of Worldwide Resources http://www.theasa.net/journals/
Canadian Review of American Studies http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/canadian_review_of_american_studies/
Humanities and Social Sciences Discussion Networks – http://www.h-net.org/lists/
Humanities and Social Sciences Online -- American Studies Forum on Research and Teaching – http://www.h-net.org/~amstdy/
The 49th Parallel E-Journal (no subscription needed) http://www.49thparallel.bham.ac.uk/

Teaching Resources
American Studies Virtual Classrooms at the University of Virginia http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CLASS/class_hp.html
Learning Interdisciplinary: a course portfolio (by Dr. Sherry Linkon, YSU) http://www.as.ysu.edu/~amerst/CoursePortfolioHome.htm
National Endowment for the Humanities – http://edsitement.neh.gov/
Ohio Humanities Council – http://www.ohiohumanities.org/about/index.htm