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Revenue Recognition, Contracts with Customers (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Jul. 31, 2023
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract] |
Revenue from Contracts With Customers Disaggregated by Segment and Product Type | The following table presents our revenue from contracts with customers disaggregated by segment and product type.
| Three Months Ended July 31,
| 2023 |  | 2022
Research: |  |  |
Research Publishing | $ | 223,000 |  |  | $ | 239,523 |
Research Solutions | 34,804 |  |  | 35,390 |
Total Research | 257,804 |  |  | 274,913 |
Learning: |  |  |
Academic | 48,292 |  |  | 58,748 |
Professional | 61,028 |  |  | 60,899 |
Total Learning | 109,320 |  |  | 119,647 |
Held for Sale or Sold | 83,889 |  |  | 93,009 |
Total Revenue | $ | 451,013 |  |  | $ | 487,569 |
Contract with Customer, Contract Asset, Contract Liability, and Receivable | The following table provides information about accounts receivable, net and contract liabilities from contracts with customers.
| July 31, 2023 |  | April 30, 2023 |  | Increase/ (Decrease)
Balances from contracts with customers: |  |  |  |  |
Accounts receivable, net | $ | 153,392 |  |  | $ | 310,121 |  |  | $ | (156,729) |
Contract liabilities (1) | 369,562 |  |  | 504,695 |  |  | (135,133) |
Contract liabilities (included in Other long-term liabilities) | $ | 19,038 |  |  | $ | 17,426 |  |  | $ | 1,612 |
(1) | The sales return reserve recorded in Contract liabilities is $26.0 million and $24.6 million, as of July 31, 2023 and April 30, 2023, respectively.

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