Starfleet Academy

Star Trek research can send you through many wormholes; maintaining a detailed research log will help you keep track of all the information you find for your current topic—and might enable you to return to some resources for further research. To complicate this further, the Star Trek timeline is not linear, to say the least. In your research, pay attention to the differences between the Prime universe, the Kelvin universe, the Mirror universe, and the level of canonicity of your source material.

There are many more Star Trek reference sources than are contained in this research guide; searching the open internet may provide you a new avenue for information. Using an internet-wide search engine like Google or DuckDuckGo may also be useful for searching specific sites whose native search features are clunky. To use this function, enter [site:website.com keyword] in the search bar, substituting your desired website address and keyword.

Depending on the context and scope of your research, you may choose to search mainstream databases for academic articles, which are not collected in this guide. For example, if you are researching women in science fiction, a literary or gender-focused database may be a great choice. Databases for newspapers and magazines may be great for a pop culture lens, or you may even find that your favorite scientific database contains articles that credit Star Trek with inspiration for real-life scientific endeavors. Find your school's research guide for whichever subject you're researching with Star Trek angles for great database recommendations.