How do I avoid duplicates when using "Automatically Add to iTunes"

I recently consolidated all my music and then created a new library in iTunes. Now I'm using the "Automatically Add to iTunes" folder when I find more music from my archives.
However, unlike when importing from a CD, iTunes doesn't seem to compare to existing library and detect duplicates in songs in this folder; it just adds them to iTunes. So I am ending up with dups. Is there any way to avoid this?
Specs: Mac Mini running OSX 10.8.5; iTunes v. 12.0.1.26

See this Apple support document.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1751
B-rock

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