Links --
Chromoscope.net
MilkyWayProject.org
The Jodcast podcast
Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD)
Ciclops (Cassini images)
Books -- these should all be available from the university library; they will be expensive to buy!
Universe -- Freedman & Kaufmann (mostly the chapter on "The Birth of Stars") -- undergraduate-level text
The Physics of the Interstellar Medium -- Dyson & Williams -- graduate-level text, covers a lot of this course
The Physics and Chemistry of the Interstellar Medium -- Tielens -- graduate-level text, very wide-ranging and well-written
Physics of the Interstellar and Intergalactic Medium -- Draine -- graduate-level text, wide-ranging, but little depth of explanation