Can't find my iTunes library on my laptop.

Can't find iTunes library on my laptop. Daughter's library is there, but mine doesn't seem to be. When I plugged my ipod in, got a message indicatng my ipod was synced to another library and asking if I wanted to erase it and sync with this one. Can 2 iTunes libraries be stored on the same laptop? (I'm not tech savvy - appreciate any help offered.)

Is this the computer the device was syncing with previously?
If not, where is that library? The library will only be where the user puts it.
Syncing is one way, computer to iDevice.
Multiple libraries can be stored on a single computer... if that's what you really want.

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Downloading (using iOS or computer) past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519 - enabled with iTunes 10.3 and newer; not all media formats are available in all countries (see: iTunes in the Cloud, iTunes Match, and iTunes Radio availability by country - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5085 ); apps, books (not audiobooks), music, t.v. shows, and movies (some - not all studios have permitted this). Downloading previously purchased movies and TV shows requires iTunes 10.6 or later. Discontinued items not available. For items not included in the iCloud list (e.g., ringtones, audiobooks), or locations or computer systems where iCloud is not (yet?) available, you only get one download per fee paid. Apple recommends, "You always back up your iTunes library in the event that a purchased item is no longer available on the iTunes Store," (http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519).
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Select the iTunes Store on the left side of iTunes if you have the sidebar displayed, or with the button at the top right.
Click on Purchased on the right side under Quick Links.
You can re-download your available previous purchases.
If the above doesn't work, it is reported iTunes Support occasionally permitting a second download when asked nicely, but they are in no way obligated to do this. Go to https://expresslane.apple.com ; select 'iTunes' in the first column; 'iTunes Store' in the second column; third column click 'Purchases, Billing & Redemption' and proceed from there.
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Left side, "purchased" under "Store"
iTunes in the Cloud and iTunes Match Availability by Country - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5085
iTunes: Finding lost media and downloads - http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1408
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