How Do I Remove Duplicated Songs

In my iTune library I find a number of songs get duplicated and I did not deliberately place two of the same songs in the same folder. Is there a way to prevent this duplication and remove the duplicates without manually deleting them one by one? Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you Diane. Yes, that's what I did to view the duplicate files; I tried Dupin and it worked just great. Thanks again for your help. If there's a way to avoid the duplication please let me know.

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