My itunes library was linked to external hard drive that has died. The only source of music I have left is on my iphone. How do I repopulate itunes now?

My music was stored on a NAS storage device which was the source of my music in itunes. The device suddenly died. I do have back up of the music on another external drive but it isn't up-do-date. The latest music is on my Iphone 5.  I have two questions:
1. How do I transfer music from my Iphone 5 to the back up drive or itunes?
2. How do I link the itunes to a new external drive with music from my iphone and the back up drive?

Hey there Natasha1608,
It sounds like you need to transfer your library that is on your phone to your computer, and point iTunes to your other iTunes library. For the first, you can transfer your iTunes Store purchases to your library with the following article:
iTunes Store: Transfer purchases from your iOS device or iPod to a computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1848
Keep this in mind from the above article:
This feature works only for audio, video, and apps that you purchased from the iTunes Store. Any items that you imported from audio CDs or acquired from other sources won't copy from your device to the iTunes library. However, copies of all PDFs and books from your device's iBooks app will transfer to the computer, regardless of whether they were purchased from the iBooks Store. Learn more about transferring media to your iTunes library.
To point iTunes to another library, use this article:
iTunes: How to open an alternate iTunes Library file or create a new one
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1589
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
Sterling

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