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A list of those works excluded by the publisher for this particular licence is shown below.

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A list of those works excluded by the publisher for this particular licence is shown below.

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Excluded Publishers

Publisher Name
DC Thomson and Company Limited
THE COCKTAIL LOVERS LIMITED
GEOGRAPHICAL PUBLICATIONS LTD
LLEWINLLYN-WESTLAKE
Local World Limited
AMBASSADOR PRODUCTIONS LTD
British Broadcasting Corporation
Economist
PORTHILL PUBLISHERS
Gatehouse Media Limited
KNIGHTON ENTERPRISES LTD
Cegedim Dendrite Limited
POLITICAL QUARTERLY PUBLISHING CO LTD
CHAPTER 3 PUBLICATIONS
Fall Press
LINEWRIGHTS LTD
GAMES WORKSHOP LTD
ALHANI INTERNATIONAL BOOKS LTD
POPPYLAND PUBLISHING
POMEGRANATE EUROPE LTD
INTERNATIONAL GLAUCOMA ASSOCIATION
21 PUBLISHING LTD
SourceMedia LLC
AIR TRANSPORT & TRAVEL INDUSTRY TRAINING
HEALTH INSIGHTS 4U LIMITED
LIBRIS LTD
Organic Apocalypse
Creditflux Limited
AJK LTD
THIRD WORLD FOUNDATION FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC STUDIES
TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION TEACHING RESOURCES
SOCIETY OF HOMEOPATHS
Gibson Square Books Limited
CERTIFIED ACCOUNTANT PUBLICATIONS
Leicestershire Adult Learning Service
Canal and River Trust
TAYLOR GRAHAM
RENEWS LTD
PLUNKETT FOUND FOR CO-OP STUDIES
Midland News Association Limited
PINKFOOT PRESS
Newton Media
Platts
AEA TECHNOLOGY
CAR PR Ltd
TARANIS BOOKS
Glass and Glazing Federation
WATER MANAGEMENT SOCIETY
Yachting Life
Athletics Weekly Limited
T.H.C.L. BOOKS
LCD Publishing Limited
GRANDREAMS LTD
Havers Directories Limited
VIOLET PUBLISHING LTD
CITYWIRE FINANCIAL PUBLISHERS
TADPOLE BOOKS LTD
Advance Materials Limited
LEARNING TOGETHER
PHILOGRAPH PUBLICATIONS LTD
PHOTOBOOK INFORMATION SERVICE LTD
Safkhet Books Limited
Online Data Assessment
ARGUS MEDIA LIMITED
STAKEHOLDER SATISFACTION
SYNON EUROPE LTD
Ditchley Foundation
BAT CONSERVATION TRUST
Jill Raines
RA Media Limited
LAKE DISTRICT NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITY
Scottish Environment Protection Agency
LAMP PUBLISHING HOUSE
Black Ox Limited
WORLD EDUCATION FELLOWSHIP
FOOTBALL STADIA IMPROVEMENT FUND & FOOTBALL LICENSING AUTHORITY
Forestry Journal Limited
SUCCESS! PUBLICATIONS, ROTHERHAM
LANCASHIRE COUNTY BOOKS
ADDISON-CHILD PETER
Indiana University Press - Office of Scholarly Publishing
Financial Times Business Limited
Turps Banana Limited
SYMPOSIUM LTD
RIDGEHILL PUBLISHING
Practical Law Company Limited
FINANCIAL TIMES PHARMACEUTICAL
TQM INTERNATIONAL LTD
Drivemedia Limited
STOCKWELL (ARTHUR H) LTD
Campaign Against Arms Trade
Stone Leisure Limited
CAMBRIAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSOC
ASSOCIATION FOR THE TEACHING OF PSYCHOLOGY
Institute for Learning
Legalease Limited
NATIONAL BACK EXCHANGE
KINGSTON BUSINESS SCHOOL
CAFOD
Den of Geek
Victor Bertolaccini
Feed The Minds
KINGSFLEET PUBLISHING
STAFFORDSHIRE LIBRARIES, ARTS AND ARCHIV
STAGECOACH EDUCATIONAL COURSE FOR THE UN
RDC Aviation Limited
KENT COUNTY COUNCIL
TRADE AND TARIFFS RESEARCH
OXFORD PSYCHOLOGISTS PRESS
ST MICHAEL'S ABBEY PRESS
PALLADIAN PUBLICATIONS LTD
Proprietary Association of Great Britain
RIGHTS OF WAY LAW REVIEW
YOUNG CHRISTIAN WORKERS
KARIA PRESS
KARNAK HOUSE
BUTTERICK COMPANY LTD
Merlin Legal Publishing
BURGESS (JOHN) PUBLICATIONS
SRHE & NFER-NELSON
KAYECORP LTD
EYRE & SPOTTISWOODE PUB. LTD
PLANNING INSPECTORATE
BSA PUBLICATIONS LTD
Woods Whur Publishing
Raconteur Media Ltd
Association of First Division Civil Servants
British Glass Manufacturers Confederation Limited
ECCH
Nature in Cambridgeshire
BROOKLANDS BOOKS
SOVEREIGN WORLD LTD
Abela Publishing
JOHN BROWN PUBLISHING
OVUM LTD
JOSEPH (RICHARD) PUBLISHERS LTD
EUROPEAN FOUNDATION
BUNAC TRAVEL SERVICES LTD
INSURANCE INSIDER, THE
CHIPPYCHAT LTD
Newsquest Specialist Media Limited
Great War Literature Publishing LLP
Guild Press
CRU Publishing Limited
Euromoney Institutional Investor plc
EXCALIBUR PRESS OF LONDON
JASPER PUBLISHING
Institute of Money Advisers
EUROMONITOR PUBLICATIONS LTD
Frieze
SOFTBACKS
LEGAL & COMMERICAL PUBLISHING
ESTATE PUBLICATIONS
Doc Brown's Chemistry Clinic
CHARLES RENNIE MACKINTOSH SOCIETY
Spirax-Sarco Limited
PILGRIM PRESS LTD
ORDNANCE SURVEY
PHONIC BLEND SYSTEMS LTD
PSYCHOTHERAPY CENTRE
BRITISH TELECOM
ONLINE PUBLICATIONS
NATIONWIDE BUILDING SOCIETY PLANNING DEPARTMENT
SCOTTISH TOURIST BOARD
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Mergermarket Limited
Spindlewood
Aves Press Limited
ERNST & YOUNG
Larkin Publications
JAMES PIKE LTD
SUNDANCER LTD
TAKEOVER PANEL
OLD STILE PRESS
Islamic Cultural Centre
Harrison Publications Ltd
Office of Health Economics
ENGINEERING COUNCIL
Radge Media Limited
ANBAR PUBLICATIONS LTD
NURSING NOTES LTD
Institute of Revenues Rating and Valuation
Social History Curators Group
OBSERVER LTD
OCARINA WORKSHOP PUBLICATIONS
SOCIETY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF ANAESTHES
NOVELLO & CO LTD
We Love Learning Limited
NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY PUBLISHERS
East Midlands Newspapers Ltd
Captive Animals’ Protection Society
INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION
EMISSARY PUBLISHING
YORE PUBLICATIONS
Numerical Algorithms Group Limited
Joseph Biddulph
EMERY (GORDON)
INTERSCIENCE COMMUNICATIONS LTD
AEROSOL SOCIETY, THE
X-LING PRESS LTD
ENCOUNTER LTD
INTERNATIONAL POWDER INSTITUTE
NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY LIBRARY
NORTHERN IRELAND HOUSING EXECUTIVE
BRITISH INDUSTRIAL PUBLICITY OVERSEAS
The Goldsmiths Company
National Society of Allotment and Leisure Gardeners Limited
International Maritime Organization
ALZHEIMER SCOTLAND - ACTION ON DEMENTIA
ELM PUBLICATIONS
JOINT INFORMATION SYSTEMS COMMITTEE
SMART CARD NEWS LTD
British Institute of Professional Photography
Heriot-Watt University
WORLD SHIP SOCIETY
AJL TAJIR TRUST
EDUCATIONAL EVALUATION ENTERPR
China Britain Business Council
Department for Work and Pensions
Ireland's Homes Interiors & Living Magazine
Cereal Magazine
Night Shift Enterprises Limited
WORKING PRESS
EETAS PUBLICATIONS
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DESIGN
WORDS PRESS
NISHEN (DIRK) PUBLISHING LTD
CWAVES LIMITED
SHEFFIELD CITY COUNCIL EDUCATION DEPARTM
Kantos Media Limited
CONCILIATION RESOURCES
INSURANCE INSTITUTE OF LONDON
Independent News and Media Limited
ZigZag Education
WOODSTOCK BOOKS
Aviation Media
WINCHESTER GALLERY
NEWSWEEK INC
WOODFIELD PUBLISHING
NEW WINE PRESS
WINCHESTER GROUP
BRISTOL NATURALISTS' SOCIETY
WOOLF (CECIL)
Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)
SHEEN PUBLISHING LTD
Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators
NEW FICTION
SERINDIA PUBLICATIONS
NEW CITY
SELDEN SOCIETY
NETWORK PUBLISHING LTD
CHANNEL 21 INTERNATIONAL
NATURETREK EDUCATIONAL BOOKS
Country Gentlemen's Association Limited
ICE CREAM ALLIANCE
WILLIAM CURTIS LTD
DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARD SCHEME
Infopro Digital Services Limited
WILD SWAN PUBLICATIONS LTD
ANCHOR TRUST
University of York Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
WIDE SKIRT PRESS
SCRIPTUM EDITIONS
INSTITUTE OF ISLAMIC BANKING & FINANCE
2A Publishing Limited
NATIONAL UNION OF THE DEAF
HARRAP
Absolute Horse
Hotcourses Limited
Museums Galleries Scotland
BOOSEY & HAWKES MUSIC PUB LTD
WHITEHALL PRESS LTD
Occasional Papers
Roger Barber Publishing
NATIONAL MONEY ADVICE TRAINING UNIT
WESTMINSTER MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS LTD
BOOK CASTLE, THE
Alastair Sawday Publishing Co Limited
NATIONAL PLAYING FIELDS ASSOCI
WEST MIDLANDS TRAVEL LTD
Agricultural Law Association
JAMES M IRVINE
SCOTTISH ENTERPRISE FOUNDATION
STRATEGIC MEDICAL PUBLISHING
FILTRATION SOLUTIONS
Insider Publications Limited
DEESON GROUP
WELLSWEEP PRESS
DEVON FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY
INDEPENDENT BROADCASTING AUTHO
BIRMINGHAM NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY
Noble Rot
Richard Webb Publisher
WAREHAM BEAR PUBLICATIONS
HowToMoodle Limited
SCIENCE & ENGINEERING RESEARCH COUNCIL
AUDIO PUBLISHING LTD
WARNER CHAPPELL MUSIC LTD
British Toy and Hobby Association
ASSOCIATION OF COMMONWEALTH UN
OCLC (UK) LIMITED
SLINK MAGAZINE LIMITED
NATIONAL ASSOC. OF PROFESSORS
SAVE THE CHILDREN FUND
DERBYSHIRE COUNTRYSIDE LTD
BEYOND THE RISING SUN PUBLICATIONS
SAYERS PUBLISHING GROUP
RUSLAN LTD
IMAGES (BOOK SALES & DISTRIBUTION) LTD
Ravinder Gill
MMG Publishing Limited
WALSALL EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES SUPPORT UNIT
Business Network UK Limited
NATIONAL ASSN FOR MULTI-RACIAL EDUC
Fauna and Flora International
PharmaVentures
ICR PUBLISHERS LTD
Tomorrows Guides Limited
Aberlour Press Limited
MURRAY (KEITH)
RYDER PUBLISHING
GEM Motoring Assist Limited
Cake Masters Limited
VOLUNTEER CENTRE UK
Dog Section Press Limited
VIDEO ARTS LTD
Science and Technology Facilities Council
DEFIANT PUBLICATIONS
RUNPAST PUBLISHING
DALEBANK BOOKS
Hyde Publications
NAM Publications Limited
DALTON (TERENCE) LTD
MOTOROLA LTD
RSA EXAMINATIONS BOARD
BEE VEE PROMOTIONS LTD
Wigmore Medical Limited
AJ Bell Media Limited
MSR BOOKS
Institute of Islamic banking and Insurance (IIBI)
Stage Media Company Limited
MORRIGAN PUBLICATIONS
BRITISH POLIO FELLOWSHIP
Shelley Power Literary Agency Limited
Caister Academic Press Limited
University of York Centre for Health Economics
MINTEL INTERNATIONAL GROUP LTD
NATIONAL VEGETABLE SOCIETY
Reach Publishing Services Limited
Murray and Sorrell Fuel Limited
UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER
ROYAL ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY
BARTON (DAVID)
CROWTHER (G.L)
UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX, CENTRE FOR URBAN &
Business Travel News Limited
CUBE PUBLICATIONS
ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS
SING TAO (UK) LTD
UNIVERSITY OF WALES COLLEGE OF CARDIFF
RMS PUBLISHING
Aspermont Media Limited
News UK and Ireland Limited
MILES ARNOLD LTD
UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK
BAKER (DR.D.M.)
Birmingham City Council
UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD, DEPT OF TOWN AND REGIONAL PLANNING
ROWAN YARNS LTD
National World Publishing Limited
Storysack Limited
METRO ENTERPRISES LTD
Business Leader Limited
ROSENEATH SCIENTIFIC PUB
RJ Chapman
ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD
UNIVERSITY OF NEWCAST UPON TYNE CEN
Social Europe Publishing
ASSOCIATION FOR CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY (ACB)
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD - PITT RIVERS MUSEUM
MID-ANTRIM HISTORICAL GROUP
Knot Worldwide
POLICY EXCHANGE
MERSEYSIDE AREA PROFILE GROUP
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
INSTITUTE OF STERILE SERVICES MANAGEMENT
ROLLS ROYCE
METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE
British Association of Dramatherapists
Processors and Growers Research Organisation (PGRO)
COVENTRY UNIVERSITY
De La Salle Brothers
MJH Shared Services LLC
Pageant Media Limited
HENLEY - THE MANAG COLLEGE
World of Yachts and Boats Limited
UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD
AVANTI BOOKS
Fizzy Funny Fuzzy
MU ASSASAT AL-QUDS AL-ARABI LIL-NASHR
Glasgow Chamber of Commerce
MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
University of North Carolina Press
COSMATOM
LAWS Publishing Limited
MDE PUBLICATIONS
Glasgow Council For Voluntary Service
UNIV OF EDINBURGH, CTRE FOR THEOLOGY
LEARN TO CARE
Technologystudent
ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF MANAGEMENT
CONVENTION OF SCOTTISH LOCAL AUTHORITIES
HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT BROKERS
HEARING EYE
UNIVERSITY OF EXETER, AGRICULTURAL ECONO
RENTOKIL (ASSOCIATED BUSINESS PRESS)
ASSOCIATION OF CRICKET STATISTICIANS
HAYES PRESS
MCCARTA
MCCARTA LTD
HARPERS
MARWOOD
REDBECK PRESS
ESDU
Dow Jones and Company
COMPUTER WEEKLY PUBLICATIONS
William Reed Limited
Trafford Media & Communications Limited
Readers Digest Association Limited
MARKET GUIDES LTD
DACTYL PUBLISHING
CONCORDIA PUBLISHING HOUSE LTD
Society of Public Information Networks
REAM LTD
RAILWAY CORRESPONDENCE & TRAVEL SOCIETY
International Air Transport Association
MARCHAM MANOR PRESS
UNILEVER ED LIAISON
Clear Sky Publishing
ASIATIC MAGNAPRINT
HAMILTON PRESS (CARDIFF)
Trinity Long Room Hub
FILTRATION SOCIETY
ASSOCIATED BOARD OF THE ROYAL SCHOOLS OF MUSIC
ASR RESOURCES
MANCHESTER OPEN LEARNING
UCAS
Cecile Park Publishing Limited
UNITED KINGDOM HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE
HPCi Media Limited
ARTICLE PRESS
Halban (Peter) Publishers Limited
Boatshop 24 Ltd
The Planet Group (UK) Ltd
Royal Airforces Association
BCINSIGHT
BEN & BETTY LTD
Ashford Buchan & Enright
Graffito Books Ltd
PEST CONTROL NEWS LTD
TULIP PUBLICATIONS
Infinite Ideas Limited
STONE CROSS PUBLISHING
ICC BUSINESS RATIOS LTD
CLOTH BUSINESS BOOKS
Family Law Bar Association
Chameleon Business Media
Johnston Publishing Limited
MACE COMPUTER SERVICES
LYSTER (THOMAS) LTD
TRINDER (VERA)LTD
Legacy Magazines Ltd
Punch Limited
Publishing Training Centre
UNION OF LIBERAL AND PROGRESSIVE SYNAGOGUES
CLAYTON-WRAY PUBLICATIONS LTD
CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY
Alpha International
APEX CENTRE, THE
TRAIL CREST PUBLICATIONS
PROFESSIONAL PUBLISHERS BOX CLOSED
APOLLO PRESS LTD
ARCHIVE EDITIONS
Gowland & Co
AQA
PROJECTION 2000
LONDON TRANSPORT MUSEUM
APPLIED MARKET INFORMATION LTD
ROTHERHAM
INDEPENDENT TELEVISION COMMISSION
ARAB-BRITISH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
DWF
Times Newspapers Limited
WOODLAND TRUST
Incisive Business Media Limited
GORDON & BREACH SCIENCE PUBLIS
CHECKMATE PUBLICATIONS
LOFTHOUSE PUBLICATIONS
PROBUS PUBLISHING CO
Gourmet Guide
AQUA-MEDIA INTERNATIONAL LTD
Business of Fashion Limited
TIDY BRITAIN GROUP
ATOM PUBLISHING
CIVIL ENGINEERING CONTRACTORS ASSOC
A.W & C BARSBY
Scottish Business Information Service
Tadley Ewing Publications
Trusted Reviews Limited
CHILDWALL UNIVERSITY PRESS
HeadStart Primary Limited
Cairngorm Club
PEI Media Limited
Bowhead Media Limited
SKI CLUB OF GREAT BRITAIN