New Laptop and a bit stuck

Hi
I have an ipod touch. I recently purchased a new laptop. On my old laptop were lots of cds that I'd uploaded into iTunes and were sync'd into my ipod touch.
I've just tried to transfer 2 new cd albums onto my ipod however I can't seem to work out how to do it.
The format all seems different. Previously I just placed in the CD and the album was loaded into iTunes. I would then sync to my ipod and the albums would show on my ipod touch. With this version, I can see all my songs when I click 'on this ipod' however it's not clear hopw I can transfer the new albums over without deleting all my current files.Any help would be greatly appreciated. Please note that I am not very technically minded and do not use these type of functions regularly.
I do not subscribe to anything that costs extra. I have also switched on home sharing - not sure if this helps.
Thank you

You can only sync all media from the one syncing iTunes library/computer you can have. You have switched syncing computers/libraries. You can however sync music and videos from any computer/iTunes library if you use the manual method. See:
iTunes: Syncing media content to iOS devices and iPod
If you want to make this your syncing computer/library:
Syncing to a "New" Computer or replacing a "crashed" Hard Drive: Apple Support Communities

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