Windows laptop Died - Switched to mac - iTunes

Hi All,
My windows 7 laptop died.  The laptop physically will not power on.  The data remains intact on the drive itself.  I purchased a new mac laptop, and now I want the iTunes library to continue to live on an external drive.  What is the best way to get my new mac to recognize that my iTunes library is now on an external drive?  Also, since it is a iTunes library from Windows 7, do I need to do anything to get mac to recognize it?
Hope that makes sense!
Thanks for your help.

any body?

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