Finding a back-up library

I am new to iphoto. I thought I was doing the right things by backing up to an external hard-drive. I then decideded to empty my photo library to free up disk space on my computer. How do I go back and get the photos in my backup disk?

Just to add on,
Lori asked the most important question, how did you put it on your external hard drive? You might want to look at Knowledge Base Document 93037.
Jon

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