All the songs are missing in Library

We hooked up this morning to charge an ipod and when iTunes opened, we noticed the Library was empty. This was on my son's account. I checked my account, same, Daughter's account, the same.
All Librarys showed no songs. We looked at "My computer" and found the music folders and all the songs are still in the folders. Just nothing when iTunes is opened. This is the first this has ever happened.
Is this a glich that happened in iTUnes from iTunes? Or, is it possible something happened on the PC?
How do we get the songs back in the respective libraries?
Thanks,
Andy S.
MikesDad
eMachines   Windows XP  
eMachines   Windows XP  

Unfortunatley this is a common propbelm and no one has come up with a complete explanation of why it happens.
If you are lucky, you can rebuild your libraries using the method in this Apple article.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93313
If that doesn't work, you can get your music back into your library by adding the iTunes Music folder to iTunes. But then you loose all your ratings, play counts and playlists.
It is a good idea to make a backup of your library files in case this happens again.
The library files are in:
My Documents\My Music\iTunes
Close iTunes and wait about 30 seconds.
Copy iTunes Library.itl and iTunes Music Library.xml somewhere else e.g. into the Previous iTunes Libraries folder.
To restore, with iTunes closed drag the current itl and xml file from the iTunes folder to the desktop, then copy the backup iTunes Library.itl into the iTunes folder. The xml file isn’t necessary but can come in handy if the library needs to be recreated and the itl file is causing problems.

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