Which file/folder to select when using multiple libraries?

I've recently decided to split my library and my mom's library - but we still share a computer. And I'm not sure which file or which folder to say is the correct one for each library. For right now, each library is the same, but if I add a CD and she adds a different CD, we shouldn't be able to access each other's - and I'm trying to set it up so that doesn't happen.
Except I'm not tech savvy enough to do that.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

tanner,
I don't have Vista in front of me, but on Win 7 you can set up a new account by Start > Control Panel > Add or Remove User Accounts > Create New Account.
Go ahead and create a new account and play with it a little. It won't affect anything in the existing account. When you feel comfortable, set up a new iTunes library in it.

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