How to setup bookmark "sidebar" in Firefox 9.01?

Just install 9.01 and looking for the option to display bookmarks in a sidebar. Doesn't seem to be an option in the drop down menus from the upper left "Firefox" with down arrow.
I've have it working on an earlier release on a different system.

Thanks much, the ctrl-b did the trick. The sidebar is a very useful feature, don't know why it is not more clearly displayed at install time. Thanks again.
Ed

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