Pantone colour books missing in Illustrator CC 2014

Hi,
I am having an issue in Illustrator CC 2014 with a specific Pantone colour book.
The 'Pantone 4-color process guide coated Euro' guide does not show up in the colour books menu. The Pantone colour reference numbers such as DE 35-1 C and DE 156-2 C do not appear in any of the colour books.
Is my Pantone colour guide outdated, or am I missing something?
Thank you!

Never mind. I finally just closed Illustrator and opened it back up, and TA-DA! It's back...just more weirdness from an Adobe product...I should have guessed so.

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