ITunes Library Not Appearing

Suddenly my libraries are not appearing on the iTunes desktop when it opens. For example, the left hand column shows I have 75 podcasts in my library. However, when I click on this menu item none of them appear on the iTunes screen. I did check the iTunes folder and everything is there but it won't appear within iTunes itself. Anyone have any ideas or solutions? TIA

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