Finding Library folder in Time Machine

I recently had a Seagate drive go bad on my iMac, replaced it under warranty.
When I brought it home, my Time Machine Backup would not be recognized in migration assistant - I have had to restore my files manually by browsing my backups and copying individual files.
My problem is I can't access the Library this way to restore it.  As my new hard drive is not recognized as an official backup, I can't go to my library, say and select restore.  Using option - go to library for instance will get me to my current library, but I am unable to hit "restore," because it is not an official backup.
I can't make my Libraries appear on my Time Machine Backups to restore them.  Anybody with ideas on how to do this?
Also, when restoring my apps, it appears that I have to buy iWork again.  If I install it from disk, will it let me update for free?
Any help greatly appreciated,
Ben Smith

While in Time Machine, press the key combination shift-command-G and enter the full path to the folder you want to restore from. The path will be like this:
/Volumes/something/Users/something-else/Library

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