Why is aperture not importing merged libraries as projects

Hi Everyone:
I'm trying to move a large library of RAW files to another library on the same machine. I tried exporting the whole library but there were a lot of corrupted files (or at least they had the yellow triangles on them), and when I selected all and asked it to locate referenced files, it said there were none, even though it had over 1000.
So I decided to export/import piecemeal and do it project by project. So what I've been doing is exporting a project as a library, switching libraries, and selecting a project to import to and then clicking import. At first it was working well and importing everything as separate projects, but today I must be doing something wrong or missing a step.
It is now importing the library and dumping it loose in the photos section, and I have to go picking through the photos to find the ones I imported and put them into projects. This is going to get increasingly more difficult and I really need help... I've been at this now for two days and need to get back out taking pictures...
Thanks,
Lisa

Hi everyone:
Just to add, I already followed these steps and it didn't work...
To merge a project or Aperture library into a project
Control-click a project, then choose Import > Library/Project from the shortcut menu.
In the dialog that appears, select the project or library that you want to merge into the project selected in Projects view, then click Import.
The project or library is merged into the project selected in Projects view. For more information about merging libraries, see Merging Libraries.

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