How do I find/open an alternate library?

my PC has upgraded apple software and started a new music library. What do I do? All my old library has gone, although it does exist on my iPhone. My co will not let me mess with iTunes files

See Empty/corrupt iTunes library after upgrade/crash.
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I have a desktop Mac Mini at home that my wife uses and a MacBook Pro that I use at home and in the office. I wanted to be able to access all the music we have on both machines from both machines, even when I am out and about and have no network connection for my MacBook Pro. So, I uploaded all the music we had on iTunes to Dropbox, and this now syncs on both computers. So, whenever either of us adds music to iTunes, the songs are saved on both machines within the Music folder in Dropbox, which syncs in real time across both computers. So far so good.
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