Changed library location to backup, deleted from main itune...problem

I changed the location of my itunes library to an external hardrive, because i'm running out of space on my macbook. I deleted 3 albums from the itunes library on the macbook and it deleted it from my ipod???
I thought if I pointed itunes to my external drive it would update my ipod this would work, however I've now copied the songs back to the main itunes directory on the mac and sync'd but it wont update the library or my ipod...even if I change the location back to the original...
Any help much appreciated as I'm desperate to run the library from my external drive to free up space on my macbook

Thanks Chris,
I've tried this but it wont update the albums/song that I initially deleted from the original Itunes library, they are shown in the actual folder, as I initially tried to copy them to the folder and then I tried to import them.
Either way these album just will not appear in the actually itunes list.
I cant understand why these few albums do not update on my main itunes screen??
Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong, I thought it should consolidate both the itunes folders and ensure it takes everything across?

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CONTROLFILE                   0                         0               0
ONLINELOG                     0                         0               0
ARCHIVELOG                99.44                         0              57
BACKUPPIECE                   0                         0               0
IMAGECOPY                     0                         0               0
FLASHBACKLOG                  0                         0               0
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FILE_TYPE    PERCENT_SPACE_USED PERCENT_SPACE_RECLAIMABLE NUMBER_OF_FILES
CONTROLFILE                   0                         0               0
ONLINELOG                     0                         0               0
ARCHIVELOG                49.72                         0              57
BACKUPPIECE                   0                         0               0
IMAGECOPY                     0                         0               0
FLASHBACKLOG                  0                         0               0
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Hi All,
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ARCHIVELOG                99.44                         0              57
BACKUPPIECE                   0                         0               0
IMAGECOPY                     0                         0               0
FLASHBACKLOG                  0                         0               0
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CONTROLFILE                   0                         0               0
ONLINELOG                     0                         0               0
ARCHIVELOG                49.72                         0              57
BACKUPPIECE                   0                         0               0
IMAGECOPY                     0                         0               0
FLASHBACKLOG                  0                         0               0
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