How to find the iPhoto Library

I have an iPhoto '08 library on a removable hard drive, and for some reason, my computer decided not to read that one, but instead, start a new library. My old library seems to still be in tact because its size has not changed. I've tried moving the library around to different locations in order to make the iPhoto 08 application ask me to locate my library. It's started using a new library somewhere on my computer and I can't find where. The only Library that shows up in spotlight is my old one on my other hard drive. Does anyone know how I can force the program to ask me to locate my library? Or does anyone know of a fix for this?

J S
Launch iPhoto while depressing the (ALT) key and use the select library option to navigate to the correct library on your removable drive
The most probably cause of your problem is that you launched iPhoto while the removable hard drive was not mounted and available - if you are going to have the iPhoto library on a removable drive you must be sure it is mounted and available before launching iPhoto and never remove it while iPhoto is running
LN

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I've not been able to find an answer to this online. I have a few thousand photos in iPhoto. I'm happy with how they're organised, appear on my iPhone/Apple TV etc. However, some of them need a little improvement above what iPhoto's tools can offer.
If I access the iPhoto library from within Aperture and edit a photo:
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Matt
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