Required reading:

• C. Quigg,  Gauge theories of the strong, weak, and electromagnetic interactions.

• Peskin and Schroeder, Introduction to Quantum Field Theory

These books are on reserve at the Grainger library, as are most of the books listed below.

Other relevant books:

There are many books on QFT and the Standard Model, written at many levels.  Here are several references ranging from the elementary to the advanced that you may find useful as supplemental reading.

•  O. Nachtman,  Elementary Particle Physics.
•  V. Barger & R. Phillips, Collider Physics.
•  J. Donoghue, E. Golovich, & B.Holstein, Dynamics of the Standard Model.
•  D. Griffiths,   Introduction to elementary particles. (570) 
•  S. Weinberg, The Quantum Theory of Fields, I & II.
•  M. Schwartz, Quantum Field Theory and the Standard Model.
•  R. Eisberg,  Quantum physics of atoms, molecules, solids, nuclei, and particles.
•  F. Halzen & Martin,   Quarks and leptons: an introductory course in modern particle physics.
•  Cheng & Li, Gauge theory of elementary particle physics.
• Aitcheson & Hey, Gauge Theories in Particle Physics: A Practical Introduction.

The Particle Data Group maintains an up-to-date compendium of measurements and has many reviews with references to the original literature:

• Particle Data Group, Review of Particle Properties http://www-pdg.lbl.gov/
   

A comprehensive treatment of two-component spinors is:

• H. Dreiner, H. Haber, & S. Martin, Two-component spinor techniques and Feynman rules for quantum field theory and supersymmetry, arXiv:0812.1594

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