We cant find 3 years worth of photos!

we can't find 3 years of photos in our iphoto library, all we did was click on another library and it al got messed up. Can a library update itself with an old one by just clicking it? and can thhis erase photos from the computer? Please help

No and no.
Hold down the option (or alt) key key and launch iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library' Can you open the preferred Library?

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