Help,..Need some suggestions from organized iTunes users

A couple of simple questions.
1. I have 5000 songs. A total unorginised mess where many are not labeled completly or correctly ( missing album or named incorrectly with band and title in the name box or worse with a number preceeding the whole name ).
All songs are listed under music Library in one big list.
MY 1st QUESTION IS,
what would be the best way todeal with this mess and orginze it
2. I have songs and albums I have downloaded or songs from cd's I have in a folder that is not my main music folder.
MY 2nd QUESTION IS,
what the best way to get these in the itunes music folder and recognised by itunes.
3. My 5 gig ipod is in the same mess, any advice on cleaning it up.
Thanks for any help or suggestions

The iTunes library refers to 2 things.
It's all the music you see when you open iTunes and click on Library.
It is also a file in iTunes folder, which contains and the song info, playlist, ratings, etc.
Playlists are simply a list of songs in the library.
If song is not displayed in iTunes when you select Library, it is not in iTunes.
The iTunes music folder is not the iTunes library.
The music in that folder should be in the library, but it is not the library itself.
If you have songs on your computer and you cannot see them in the iTunes app, use File -> Add file {or folder} to library.
Once you have all your music in iTunes, follow the stpes to consolidate. This copies everything which shows up when you select Library in iTunes to the location in iTunes prefs -> Advanced.
Once this is done, select Library in iTunes.
Everything you see here (and only what you see here), will be in the new folder in iTunes prefs -> Advanced.
You can then delete all the music files in any other location on your computer.

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