ISSS used the following sources in compiling the handbook:

• Gary Althen. American Ways: A Guide for Foreigners in the United States. Yarmouth, ME, 1988.
• Jay Golan. Frommer's Philadelphia and Frommer's New York
• L. Robert Kohls and John M. Knight. Developing Intercultural Awareness, The Society of Intercultural, Education, Training and Research. Washington, DC.
• University of Pennsylvania. The Penn Book http://www.upenn.edu/osl/pennbook.html
• The following publications are published by NAFSA: Association of International Education. http://www.nafsa.org:
  • NAFSA: Association of International Education. Manual of Federal Regulations Affecting Foreign Students and Scholars. Washington, DC.
  • NAFSA: Association of International Education. The Risks and Realities of Health Insurance: A Guide for Advisers of Foreign Students and Scholars. Washington, DC.
  • NAFSA: Association of International Educators. NAFSA's International Student Handbook (AT&T). Washington, DC, 1996. [Portions of the OIP-ISSS handbook have been reprinted and/or adapted with permission from NAFSA: Association of International Educators. Copyright 1996 NAFSA.]