Inadvertantly added music files to the wrong library

I created a 2nd library in itunes and then inadvertantly added music files to it instead of to the original library. My original intent was to move files from the 1st library to the 2nd but I forgot we had added music that hadn't been scanned into itunes yet and when I hit "scan music" it started to add all those files to the new library, so now what?
And how do I move the files I originally intended to move from the 1st library into the 2nd?

Karen,
There is not really such a thing as "move" in that context.  Get copies of any files that you wish to add to the 2nd library, and add them.  When you are sure that this has been correctly accomplished, then go into the 1st library and delete whatever you don't want to be there.

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