I've lost my source list in iPhoto

this seems so easy, but I can't find any documentation on how to view or show the source list. It was up on iPhoto a few hours ago. Now I just see a panel with all the photos in my library, The list of my over 50 albums has dissappeared.
I run I Photo 5.0.4
G5 iMac   Mac OS X (10.3.9)   powerbook g4

Hi ipod girl,
Sometimes people can't get that source window open, even when they try to move the dot to the right.
First try to drag the button to show the column as show here
If that doesn't work, then you need to delete the Preference file. That info (size of the source window) is kept in the iPhoto Preference file.
Quit iPhoto
Open your User folder, then open the Library in your user folder, then open the Preferences in the Library folder.
In the Preference folder is a file called com.apple.iPhoto.plist
For now, drag that file to the desktop. Launch iPhoto and see if the source window is there or if you can open the source window. If you can, that means that Preference file you dragged to the desktop was corrupt. Put it in the trash.
IPhoto made a new one when it was launched. Open iPhoto Preferences and set your preferences again and you are good to go.

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