Most of my library 'cannot be found'-how do I get it back?!?

I haven't found any solutions to this problem. I downloaded the new itunes 9 and everything is fine except one big problem. Over half of my music library cannot be found. There's a little exclaimation point beside the songs and when I double click on them it says the origional file cannot be found and it can't be located. I've searched and searched my computer and the lost songs aren't there. It's not just a certain type of song file either. They're recently bought songs and ones I bought several years ago. Some are downloaded from cds and others are from the itunes store. I'm desperate for answers and I really don't want to buy all of these songs again. Also when I plug in my nano 4th generation with all of the songs on it, I can play them perfectly but I can't add them to my library. I've also never backed up my library, but from now on I'm deffinately going to. Please help!
Message was edited by: rayban1996

All the information including exact wording of messages is very helpful if you have it.
Usually you can not transfer purchases from iPod to computer because the iTunes account was not authorized on the computer you are transferring to. iTunes->Store->Authorize Computer
Look at the song title that will not transfer. Go lookup your iTunes account purchase history. Is the song listed? If not then you did not purchase with that account and you need to find the one it was purchased with.

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