Reference work

A reference work is a collection of information compiled together (usually by some linked theme) so that it can easily be referenced. They are generally intended to be used to look up information rather than read cover to cover. Types of reference books include dictionaries, encyclopedias, atlases, etc.

Star Trek reference works tend to either approaching their subject as if it were fact within Star Trek fictional world, or from the real-world perspective looking at the production of the Star Trek franchise.

Reference books

In-universe information

Title	author(s)	published
Star Trek Blueprints	Franz Joseph	April 1975
Star Fleet Technical Manual	Franz Joseph	November 1975
Star Fleet Medical Reference Manual	Geoffrey Mandel	October 1977
Spaceflight Chronology	Stanley Goldstein & Fred Goldstein	December 1979
Star Trek Maps	Illustrator: Jeffrey Maynard	August 1980
Star Trek II Biographies	William Rostler	January 1982
The Klingon Dictionary	Marc Okrand	December 1985
Mr. Scott's Guide to the Enterprise	Shane Johnson	July 1987
The Worlds of the Federation	Shane Johnson	August 1989
Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual	Rick Sternbach & Michael Okuda	November 1991
Star Trek Chronology	Michael Okuda & Denise Okuda	April 1993
Star Trek Encyclopedia	Michael Okuda & Denise Okuda, with Debbie Mirek	May 1994
The Ferengi Rules of Acquisition	Ira Steven Behr	July 1995
Federation Passport	J.M. Dillard	May 1996
The Klingon Way	Marc Okrand	April 1996
Star Trek: The Next Generation USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D Blueprints	Rick Sternbach	July 1996
These Are the Voyages... - A Three-Dimensional Star Trek Album	Charles Kurts	November 1996
Legends of the Ferengi	Ira Steven Behr & Robert Hewitt Wolfe	August 1997
Klingon for the Galactic Traveler	Marc Okrand	September 1997
Q's Guide to the Continuum	Michael Jan Friedman & Robert Greenberger	September 1998
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Technical Manual	Herman Zimmerman, Rick Sternbach & Doug Drexler	October 1998
The Tribble Handbook	Terry J. Erdmann	November 1998
Star Trek Cookbook	Ethan Phillips & William J. Birnes	February 2000
The Klingon Hamlet	Lawrence Shoen	January 1999
Star Trek: Celebrations	Maureen McTigue	August 2001
Star Trek: Starship Spotter	Adam Lebowitz & Robert Bonchune	October 2001
The Hologram's Handbook	Robert Picardo	May 2002
The Starfleet Survival Guide	David Mack	September 2002
Star Charts	Geoffrey Mandel	October 2002
Ships of the Line	Editors: Doug Drexler & Margaret Clark	November 2006
Captain Kirk's Guide to Women	John Rodriguez	February 2008
USS Enterprise Owners' Workshop Manual	Ben Robinson & Marcus Riley	September 2010
A Very Klingon Khristmas	Paul Ruditis & Patrick Faricy	October 2013
Stellar Cartography: The Starfleet Reference Library	Larry Nemecek	December 2013
The Klingon Art of War: Ancient Principles of Ruthless Honor	Keith R.A. DeCandido	May 2014

Real-world information

Title	author(s)	published
The Making of Star Trek	Stephen E. Whitfield, with Gene Roddenberry	September 1968
The Making of Star Trek: The Motion Picture	Susan Sackett & Gene Roddenberry	March 1980
Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion	Larry Nemecek	November 1992
Make-Up FX Journal	Michael Westmore and Joe Nazzaro	November 1993
The Making of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine	Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens	December 1994
The Physics of Star Trek	Lawrence M. Krauss	November 1995
The Art of Star Trek	Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens	November 1995
The Making of Star Trek: First Contact	Lou Anders, with Larry Nemecek & Ian Spelling	December 1996
Star Trek Phase II: The Lost Series	Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens	March 1997
Star Trek: The Original Series Sketchbook	Herbert F. Solow & Yvonne Fern Solow	May 1997
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Continuing Mission	Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens	November 1997
Science Logs	André Bormanis	March 1998
Star Trek: The Next Generation Sketchbook: The Movies	John Eaves & J.M. Dillard	May 1998
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion	Terry J. Erdmann & Paula M. Block	August 2000
Star Trek: Aliens & Artifacts	Michael Westmore, Alan Sims, Bradley M. Look & William J. Birnes	October 2000
Star Trek: Voyager Companion	Paul Ruditis	May 2003
Voyages of Imagination	Jeff Ayers	November 2006
Star Trek 101	Terry J. Erdmann & Paula M. Block	September 2008
Star Trek: The Art of the Film	Mark Cotta Vaz	November 2009
The Art of Star Trek Online	Cryptic Studios	February 2010
Star Trek 365	Paula M. Block, with Terry J. Erdmann	September 2010
Star Trek: The Visual Dictionary		March 2013
New Life and New Civilizations: Exploring Star Trek Comics	Edited by Joseph F. Berenato, Forward by David Gerrold	2014

Other reference works

• Who's Who in Star Trek, Issue 1 and Issue 2 (2-part comic)
• Star Trek: Fact Files (304-part magazine)
• Star Trek: The Collector's Edition (70-part TNG & 28-part TOS magazine)

Appendices

Media
Episode	Movie	Book	Game
Novel	Comic	Anthology	Reference
Novelization	Manga	Omnibus	RPG
eBook	Audiobook	Miniseries	Duology

External link

• Reference work article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.