I accidentally erased my iTunes library. How do I recover it

I recently was emptying the trash on my macbook air and i accidentally erased my itunes library. Luckily the songs are still on my iphone. How can i recover my purchases?

iTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iOS device or iPod to a computer - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1848 - only purchases from iTunes Store

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Hi roamingnome - thanks for your reply. The content is still all on the iPod and I can find it in an old iTunes library but it won't sync to this account. All purchased on the same account but only 17 of 288 songs will sync?
I can reload the old library, but this will only show in itunes when my husband books into his account and then still don't sync to his iphone. It seems that itunes is a bit like me - confused, so any advice gratefully received!
He has set up home sharing - could this be affecting it, he hasn't a clue either.
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