Music as a whole

I have been putting music on one at a time. I have a big folder with mp3's in it, can and how do I do the entire folder at once?
THANKS,
JARED

Hi,
Hope you find this link useful -
Add Music, Movies, and More from My Hard Drive
http://www.apple.com/support/ipod101/tunes/2/#2
"If you already have digital music files (MP3, AIFF, WAV, and what have you), audiobooks (Audible—.aa—format only), and video files (any QuickTime-compatible movie file) on your hard drive, adding them to your iTunes library is easy. Simply locate the files that you want to add to iTunes and drag them (one at a time or all together) onto the Library icon in the iTunes Source list."
The trick, as shown in the screen shot is to wait until you see a green plus when you hover over the Library in iTunes.
Regards,
Colin R.

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