Updating Ipod manually

OK, I have a home computer and work computer and have a library on each computer because I upload music in both places. I want to put all of the songs on one of the libraries on my Ipod without deleting the current music contents of the Ipod. I believe the way to do this is to set the setting on the Ipod to update manually. Can someone please tell me how to highlight and "drag" the entire contents of a library onto the Ipod so it will manually update all at once?
Thanks so much.

I would suggest you to do in this way, using your iPod as a media.
First update your iPod with your home computer, then your iPod would carry the home's library, download a 3rd party software e.g. YamiPod and install on your work computer
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=701401&tstart=0
Connect your iPod with your work computer, then use this software to copy the songs from your iPod (home's library) to the iTunes on your work computer. Once completed, your iTunes on your work computer should have the home+work libraries. So do the update between your work computer with your iPod.
You will be a happy man

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