Snow Leopard upgrade and lost my itunes library

I'm hoping someone can help.
I recently upgraded to Snow Leopard and when I went to play music, I noticed my library and all ipod apps were gone. When I look in finder.....I see it in different folders. It's there somewhere. So, how do I get it all back?
I'm hoping someone can help.
Susy

If you backed it up, then use your backup copy to put it back.

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