Songs in my library won't sync to my iPod

My daughter got a new ipod touch & only half the songs in her library will sync. We have home sharing so some of the songs were dragged from my library. They won't sync. Frustrating. We've already tried choosing playlists instead of the whole library and resetting the ipod & starting over. Any other suggestions?
Thanks

Hey,
Plug it into iTunes and select the iPod on the left, click music at the top and make sure its selected to syn if not check it and click apply at the bottom, also it may be because the iPod is full its capacity is also displayed at the bottom of the iPod page.
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