Clumsy user new to Mac - how do I get Finder back into the Dock?

While messing around deleting playlists in iTunes it seems I managed to drag Finder off the Dock and onto the Desktop.
The Desktop version is now completely inactive and the only way to access Finder is to close down every other application first, leaving Finder as the default.
How can I restore Finder to the Dock? Is this even possible? Or am I better off setting up a separate shortcut somewhere else in the system?
Thanks!

It might be a good idea to backup your photos/music to CD/DVD just in case.
If you navigate to your computer (double-click hard drive)/System folder (blue X)/Library/CoreServices (blue X)/Finder, you can try dragging the Finder app. to the dock to re-create a shortcut.
How does the Finder (desktop, menu bar, dock etc.) behave in your problem account ?

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