CDs imported to iTunes are no longer showing up in my library

I imported several CDs to my iTunes library a while ago and it all worked fine, they showed up both on my computer and on my devices. Recently however, all of the songs I imported (over the course of several years) have disappeared. Any suggestions on where to find them? A lot of these are songs I listen to a lot and I don't know where all the CDs are since they've been in my library for so long so I would really like to have them back.
Thank you!

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