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