Where are my songs/playlists?

I recently bought a Mac Air and had my old Mac Itunes, documents etc. transferred to my new Mac. I can't find my songs or playlists, just a "quick look" which plays a snippet. My account shows that I have purchased the songs. By fluke, I did find them one time, but can't find them now. It' like I can't get out of the Itunes store. Thank you for any help you will share.

Ok if you are still in the iTunes Store there is a button at the top right "Library" will take you back to your local machine.
Alternatively if you click
View > Show Sidebar your library and playlists will always be visible in the left hand panel as per itunes 10

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