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As well as the standard abbreviations mentioned above, I use conventional Star Trek abbreviations. Examples follow:
| the show / [episode name] / [#episode number episode name] e.g. [#22 Non Sequitur], or just [Star Trek Voyager] Note that it is given without a colon, although strictly it should be [Star Trek: Voyager] - I give it without a colon for search engine purposes according to the "top searches" data which my search engine host provides | = |  |
| [TOS] / [TOS: episode name] | = |  |
| [TNG] / [TNG: episode name] | = |  |
| [DS9] / [DS9: episode name] | = |  |
| [Enterprise] / [Enterprise: episode name] | = | [Enterprise]. The show became known as [Star Trek: Enterprise] starting with Season 3 but I continue to use [Enterprise] for consistency. |
| [ST: First Contact] | = |  |
| [ST: Insurrection] | = |  |
| [ST: Nemesis] | = |  |
Note: After the [TOS]-crew handed the baton of Star Trek (metaphorically speaking) to the [TNG] crew, achieved during the film [Star Trek VII: Generations], Paramount Pictures quietly dropped the Roman numerals, so that films after that (and, indeed, often including [Star Trek: Generations]) are known by title only, without a number. However, on this site nowadays I usually put the film title in full and insert the Roman numerals, even for the first film, so that the relative order of the films is always clear e.g. [Star Trek IX: Insurrection] obviously came after [Star Trek VII: Generations]. (Incidentally, I bet the next Star Trek film will sound grand and have at least three syllables in its title, probably four, following the no doubt unintended precedents of "Generations", "Insurrection" and "Nemesis". I thought that the tenth film would have four syllables, based on "Generations" and "Insurrection" - what a lovely grand a word "insurrection" is! better than "mutiny" - but "Nemesis" turned out to have only three.)
Logo images for the films are from screenshots I took. Logos of the series are common on the Web but I got them from TOSTW, enhanced by me.
The following are abbreviations for sources.
See SOURCES (frames) for more details including some purchase/subscription information and also reviews.
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| AB | Star Trek: Science Logs |  |
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| Anders or Making of ST:FC | The Making of 'Star Trek: First Contact' | |
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| AOST | The Art of Star Trek | |
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| CC | Captain's Chair |  |
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| Communicator | Star Trek: Communicator |  |
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| Concordance | Star Trek Concordance | |
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| DS9 Companion | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine :: Companion | |
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| DS9 Tech | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Technical Manual | |
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| EF | Elite Force computer game | |
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| Encyclopaedia | The Star Trek Encyclopaedia "Encyclopaedia" means both the hard copy book, the edition with Supplement into Season 5, and the CD-ROM edition without Supplement - the pictures in the two versions vary. |
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| G&A | Captain's Logs, Supplemental: The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages | |
This book gives the impression of being canon due to the authors' quoted interviews of the show's cast, writers and production staff. |
| IMDB | Internet Movie Database |  |
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| Making of ST:FC or Anders | The Making of 'Star Trek: First Contact' | |
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| MDS9 | The Making of 'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine' | |
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| Mr Scott | Mr Scott's Guide to the Enterprise | |
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| Poe | A Vision of the Future: Star Trek Voyager | |
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| SS | Starship Spotter | |
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| ST A&A | Star Trek: Aliens & Artifacts | |
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| ST Chronology | Star Trek: Chronology | |
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| ST:M | Star Trek: The Magazine | |
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| ST Mech | Star Trek Mechanics | |
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| STN | Star Trek Night |  |
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| ST Tech Joseph | Star Trek Technical Manual | |
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| STTNG Technical / STTNG Tech / TNG Tech / STTNG Technical Manual | 'Star Trek: The Next Generation' Technical Manual | |
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| TFCITF | The Finest Crew In The Fleet: The Next Generation Crew On Screen And Off | |
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| TNG Tech / STTNG Technical / STTNG Tech / STTNG Technical Manual | 'Star Trek: The Next Generation' Technical Manual | |
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| TNG Companion | Star Trek: The Next Generation: Companion | |
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| TOSTFF | The Official Star Trek Fact Files | |
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| TOSTW | the official Star Trek website | |
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| VC | Star Trek Voyager: Companion | |
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