Backed up before clean install but now can't see my files?

I got Time Machine to do a full backup of my Mac Mini to my Time Capsule prior to doing a clean install of Mountain Lion.
All went well with the install but how do I access all the files I backed up?

Was the entire folder copied including the iTunesLibrary.itl file?

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