Searching for Music Does Nothing

I have iTunes v. 8.2, which is the last updated version for my older iMac. When I type the name of a song or a musician into the search box and hit trurn (or search), nothing happens. The page goes nowhere and my query remains in the search box. It used to work without this problem. Does anyone know what's going on and how I can fix this?
Thank you.

If the song is a part of "Compilation", you cannot find it using Artist or Genres. But you can find it searching through Albums or Compilations. Try that, maybe that's you problem.

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