After adding a folder to my iTunes Library

I have iTunes 7.
I added a folder to my iTunes Library, and all the songs in the folder are already in the music library.
My question is this: I keep downloading and putting more songs very often in the folder in my pc that I already added but when i open iTunes and sync my iPod, iTunes does not add the most recent songs. I have to keep adding the whole folder again or adding individual files in order to have the most recent songs in my iPod.
Is there a way to update all the songs automatically from the folder you already added to the music library to iTunes?

Itunes doesn't monitor folders for additions, so you have to do it yourself or go for a thirdparty solution such as iTunes Library Updater
http://itlu.ownz.ch/wordpress/?page_id=2
Article about automating updater
http://www.lifehacker.com/software/itunes/hack-attack-automatically-sync-itunes- to-any-folders-175161.php
Or if you prefer you could take a look at something like iTSync
http://www.itsyncsoftware.com/itsync.htm

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