In January 2026, Oxford University Press will change how personal profiles are set up on the Politics Trove and Science Trove textbook platforms.

Currently, you can create an individual profile on the Trove platforms in order to save bookmarks, highlights, and annotations. Starting from January 2026, the same features in Trove will instead require you to use a profile linked to the Oxford Academic platform.

If you currently have bookmarks, highlights, and annotations saved on a personal Trove profile, those will be moved automatically to an Oxford Academic profile that was created using the same email address. You can create an Oxford Academic profile after the change; or if you already have an Oxford Academic profile, then the content will be moved automatically provided that the email addresses match. Oxford University Press recommends “taking note of the email address associated with your personal profile now, so that when the new system is switched on in January, you already know which email address to use”.

Please note that Bodleian Libraries users do not need to create personal profiles on Politics Trove, Science Trove or Oxford Academic in order to access the full text of books. There will be no change in January 2026 to how you can access these books. Personal profiles are required only for optional individualised features, including bookmarks and highlights.