HELP!! I deleted my library!!

Someone please help me out here!!! Long story short: I deleted ALL 400 albums out of my ITunes. (Thought I was doing something else.) The music files are still around. And I found Library files. Does anyone know if it's possible to import a library files back into ITunes???

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