Can't add file to library (no error, file can't be found)

Hi All-
I hope I'm not asking a really stupid question. I have recently transfered my library to iTunes in my new Macbook (my first Mac), which went fine. Since then I have added some new music. Sometime between then and now (just a few days) something has happened to my iTunes.
Now, when I try to add a file to the library nothing happens. I select it and press choose and I get no error, nothing. The file isnt in iTunes after I add it. I have done a search for the files, I have restarted and tried again and still the files aren't added. I have gone into the files and made sure I have full permissions so thats not the problem. I'm hoping someone knows what I'm talking about! Thanks!

iTunes 7.0.2 under OS X 10.3.9
I noticed that songs in various folders within itunes:Music did not appear anywhere in my library. Some appeared in various playlists. When set playing & command L, they are revealed as in a playlist.
Aha!, thought I, the database no loger syncs with the music folder/subfolders. Do as Apple advise & drag the whole music folder into the iTunes window. Many hundreds of such items lost to the library were then trwled through and various messages informed me that the library was being cleaned up.
Alas!, when I did a search of the libray, not a single further item has been added. Songs are still to be found in the playlists, but not in the Library.
Any ideas, anyone?

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