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  4. Television Genres
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Television Genres

This research guide points to resources on different genres shown on Television.
  • Basic information
  • Action & adventure television
  • Biographical television shows
  • Cartoons and televised anime
  • Children's television
  • Comedies
    • I Love Lucy
  • Cop shows
  • Documentary television programs
  • Dystopian television programs
  • Fantasy television programs
  • Game shows
  • Historical television programs
  • Horror television programs
  • Internet TV
  • Legal shows
  • Live television programs
  • Made-for-TV movies
    • Hallmark movies
  • Medical shows
  • Reality TV
  • Religion on television
  • Science fiction
    • Star Trek
    • Doctor Who
  • Soaps
  • Spy shows
  • Superheroes on television
  • Talk shows
  • Television dramas
  • Variety shows
  • Westerns

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Internet resources

  • Star Trek
    • Link
    The official Star Trek site.
  • Star Trek - Memory Alpha
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    A wiki for Star Trek.
  • TrekToday
    • Link
  • TrekCore
    • Link
    Today TrekCore is the premiere STAR TREK web site, serving daily news on all aspects of the franchise including early episode plot information, feature film production reports and early script reviews, the latest in TREK merchandise and more.

Keeping up with Television Studies journal literature

Want an easy way to keep up with the journal literature in Television? And you use a mobile device? You can install the BrowZine app and create a custom Bookshelf of your favorite journal titles. Then you will get the Table of Contents (ToCs) of your favorite journals automatically delivered to you when they become available. Once you have the ToC's you can download and read the articles you want.

You can get the app from the App Store or Google Play.

Don't own or use a mobile device? You can still use BrowZine! It's now available in a web version. You can get to it here. The web version works the same way as the app version. Find the journals you like, create a custom Bookshelf, get ToCs and read the articles you want.

Finding Star Trek programs ...

Books about Star Trek programs have their own call number. It is PN 1992.77 .S73. Otherwise, you can use the subject headings below to find resources.

  • star trek television program
    This is a subject search to find books about the Star Trek universe.
  • star trek history
  • star trek AND television
    This title and subject combined search should find all of the Star Trek television programs.

Introductory reading(s)

  • Cover artThe generation starship in science fiction: a critical history, 1934-2001 by Simone Caroti
    • Book
    Call Number: Baker-Berry PS 374 .S35 C37 2011
    ISBN: 9780786460670
    This critical history explores the concept of the multi-generational interstellar space voyage in science fiction between 1934, the year of its appearance, into the 21st century. It defines and analyzes what became known as the "generation starship" idea and examines the science and technology behind it, also charting the ways in which generation starships manifest themselves in various SF scenarios. It then traces the history of the generation starship as a reflection of the political, historical, and cultural context of science fiction's development.
  • Cover artInside Star Trek: the real story by Herbert F. Solow; Robert H. Justman
    • Book
    Call Number: Baker-Berry PN 1992.77 .S73 S65 1997
    ISBN: 9780671009748
    In the spring of 1964, a rumpled, soft-spoken ex-cop named Gene Roddenberry walked into the office of Herbert F. Solow, the new head of production at Desilu Studios. Roddenberry presented an idea for a new science fiction television series called Star Trek. Immediately seeing the show's potential, Solow struck a script development deal with Roddenberry on the spot. Soon, Solow and Roddenberry brought Robert H. Justman on board as assistant director and together the three men embarked on an incredible odyssey that would make television history. Inside Star Trek is a comprehensive look at the development and life of a television and cultural phenomenon. ...
  • TV guide Star trek: a timeless guide to the Trek universe by TV Guide Magazine Group
    • Book
    Call Number: Baker-Berry PN 1992.77 .S73 T9 2002

Selected book title(s)

  • Cover artGender and sexuality in Star Trek: allegories of desire in the television series and films by David Greven
    • Book
    Call Number: Baker-Berry PN 1992.77 .S7318 G74 2009
    ISBN: 9780786444137
    Studying the Star Trek myth from the original 1960s series to the 2009 franchise-reboot film, this book challenges frequent accusations that the Star Trek saga refuses to represent queer sexuality. Arguing that Star Trek speaks to queer audiences through subtle yet provocative allegorical narratives, the analysis pays close attention to representations of gender, race, and sexuality to develop an understanding of the franchise's queer sensibility.
  • Cover artRace in space: the representation of ethnicity in Star trek and Star trek, the next generation by Micheal C. Pounds
    • Book
    Call Number: Baker-Berry PN 1992.77 .S73 P68 1999
    ISBN: 9780810833227
    Drawing on autobiographical, biographical, historical, and rare archival materials, author Micheal Pounds explores the relationship between "Star Trek" and ethnic equality, one of America's most enduring social issues. Using two television series formed around a common vision and produced by the same studio and executive producer (Gene Roddenberry), Race in Space determines the extent to which social attitudes, values, and beliefs about ethnicity have changed during the more than twenty years that separate them. ...
  • Cover artReligions of Star Trek by Ross S. Kraemer; William Cassidy; Susan L. Schwartz
    • Book
    Call Number: Baker-Berry PN 1992.8 .S74 K73 2001
    ISBN: 9780813367088
    Is there a God? What evil lurks beyond the stars? Can science save one's soul? Profound questions like these have consumed human thought over the ages; they also inspired the original creators of the Star Trek canon of TV series and films. Religions of Star Trek tackles these challenging questions head-on and examines in detail the humanistic vision of creator Gene Roddenberry. It is a remarkable look at one of sci-fi's great success stories. ...
  • Cover artStar trek and sacred ground: explorations of Star Trek, religion, and American culture by Jennifer E. Porter; Darcee L. McLaren, eds.
    • Book
    Call Number: Baker-Berry PN 1995.9 .S694 S72 1999
    ISBN: 9780791443347
    Offers a multidisciplinary examination of Star Trek, religion, and American culture.
  • Cover artStar trek visions of law and justice by Robert Chaires; Bradley Chilton
    • Book
    Call Number: Baker-Berry PN 1992.8 .S74 S77 2003
    ISBN: 9780966808025
    Star Trek Visions of Law and Justice weds popular media with academic inquiry, by illustrating the connection between the future world of Star Trek and today's American and international legal system. Editors Robert H. Chaires and Bradley Chilton collect fourteen articles exploring issues of the legal system, international law, corrections, justice, and equality. Scholars in law, political science, criminal justice, sociology, education, and public administration provide a truly interdisciplinary perspective on the Star Trek universe and how it relates to the real world of law and justice today. ...

Other library resource(s)

  • Resource logoStar Trek from Oxford Bibliographies Online by Daniel Bernardi, Michael Green
    • On Campus or VPN
    Call Number: Electronic resource
    ISBN: 9780199791286
    Few popular narratives in recent history have generated as much cultural material as Star Trek: six television series and eleven feature films, as well as novels, comic books, video and role-playing games, conventions, websites, and fan fictions. In other words, Star Trek is more than just a television show and feature film franchise.
  • Cover artStar trek memories by William Shatner
    • Book
    Call Number: Baker-Berry Tower Room PN 1992.77 .S73 S5 1993
    ISBN: 9780060177348
    Contains Captain Kirk's (William Shatner's) reminiscences about his years with the show Star Trek and his experiences making the films, and also provides the plot summaries of all 79 episodes and the six films. ...
  • Cover artTrekkies by Roger Nygard
    • DVD
    Call Number: Jones Media DVD #530
    Beam up to a galaxy where autograph hounds abound and the debate over "Trekkies" vs. "Trekkers" rages on. Interviews with hundreds of devoted fans and Star Trek cast members creates an entertaining and endearing portrait of the landmark series.
  • Cover artThe view from the bridge: memories of Star Trek and a life in Hollywood by Nicholas Meyer
    • Book
    Call Number: Baker-Berry PS 3563 .E88 Z46 2009
    ISBN: 9780670021307
    An enormously entertaining account of Nicholas Meyer's involvement with the three classic Star Trek films - The Wrath of Khan (1982), The Voyage Home (1986) and The Undiscovered Country (1991) - as well as his illustrious career in the movie business. The man best know for bringing together Sherlock Holmes and Sigmund Freud in The Seven Per-Cent Solution (WW. Norton, 1983) had ironically never been interested in Star Trek until he was brought on board to save the film series.

Finding scholarly journal articles

Articles and other writings about Star Trek can be found in many publications. To find these resources, you can search in Film & Television Literature Index or use the search box at the top of the page. Our collection does not include a journal which looks exclusively at Star Trek on television.

  • Resource logoFilm & television literature index by EBSCO Publishing
    • On Campus or VPN
    • Database
    Call Number: Electronic resource
    Use this index to find articles about this TV genre.
  • Resource logoThe web of science citation databases by ISI (Institute for Scientific Information)
    • On Campus or VPN
    • Database
    Call Number: Electronic resource
    The online version of 3 separate ISI indexes: Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Science Citation Index and, Social Sciences Citation Index.

The Star Trek Universe of Programs

Find more Star Trek television shows. We also have the movies, but since this page is about television ... .

  • Cover artStar trek: the original series by Gene Roddenberry
    • DVD
    Call Number: Jones Media DVD #2177, #2178, #18517
    ISBN: 9780792198345
    The spaceship U.S.S. Enterprise, with its 430 crew members captained by James T. Kirk, travels the universe "to boldly go where no man has gone before." We have all 3 seasons.
  • Cover ArtStar trek. The animated series by Gene Roddenberry
    • DVD
    Call Number: Jones Media DVD #6677
    ISBN: 9781415725146
    The animated adventures chart the progress of Captain Kirk and his crew.
  • Cover artStar trek: the next generation by Gene Roddenberry
    • DVD
    Call Number: Jones Media DVD #1211
    ISBN: 9780792179979
    We have all 7 seasons.
  • Cover artStar trek: Deep Space Nine by Rick Berman; Michael Piller
    • DVD
    Call Number: Jones Media DVD #2088
    ISBN: 0792187997
    We have the first 3 seasons.
  • Cover artStar trek: Voyager by Rick Berman; Michael Piller; Jeri Taylor
    • DVD
    Call Number: Jones Media DVD #2166
    ISBN: 9780792177470
    We have the first 3 seasons.
  • Cover artStar trek: Enterprise by Paramount Television
    • DVD
    Call Number: Jones Media DVD #4904
    ISBN: 9781415705834
    We have the first 2 seasons.
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