How to find my catalog in LR 5.5

I have created 4 different catalogs over time. How do you find each one?

In Lightroom, use File->Open Recent
In your operating system, you should have the operating system search for files ending with .LRCAT (might be lower case)
An easier approach is to combine these four catalogs into one, so you never have to search for the right catalog again, and you never have to switch from catalog to catalog again, plus dozens of other benefits.

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I know I asked this question some time ago, but I'd like to ask it again since I will soon be upgrading from LR2.7 to LR3.
I would like some friendly advice from people how they use Lightroom Catalogs.
I currently use several catalogs. I have one strictly for day-to-day stuff where I might take shots of friends and family.
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I know Lightroom doesn't care about the directory/folder structure. But I care how that directory/folder structure looks in Lightroom. Again, it's kind of hard for me to explain this, but from what I've seen, LR mimics the structure you have on your hard drive. It works just fine, but I don't want it to mimic the folder structure I had before with LR 2.7.
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Having said all of that, I have been using keywords ever since I started using Lightroom, version 1. I spend a lot of time doing so. I do like them. But, I also like having the LR folder organized the way I do. Right now, I have a very long list of keywords. If I want to find a group of pictures, I'm not so sure I'd find all of the ones I'm looking for unless I select the specific keywords I am looking for, and with the list as long as it is now (and it's growing), I might miss something. With a single catalog, it does make it easier to search for all photos with a single key word, but the folders in LR help do help me narrow down what I might be looking for.
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