Iphoto not showing library

When I was uploading some pictures into iPhoto, my charger was pulled out of my laptop and I didn't realize my battery had gone bad and was not charging, therefore, my computer shut down. When I restarted, there were no pictures in iPhoto, however, my library is still in tact.
I have since done a back up of my library on an external drive and gotten a new battery, but no matter what I seem to do, I can not get the library to show up in Iphoto. I have tried all the options when holding down the command and option keys. Any suggestions would be appreciated!
Mac OS X (10.6.8)
iPhoto '11 (9.1.5)

Not having a backup is a really bad decision - it guarantees data loss when problems occur
You can try the free trial of iPhoto Library Manager's - http://www.fatcatsoftware.com/iplm/ -  rebuild command and see if it can recover anything
Otherwise you will have to right click on the iPhoto library and show package contents and drag the masters folder to the desktop and starting over with the originals there - crate a new library drag the masters fold to the open iPhoto window
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