Woke up and lost an Itunes logo and all the music with it!

My Imac was calling for some software update yesterday. I tried to find Itunes app but it wasn't on the screen! I put a new one but all my song, books, podcasts are gone. : (
Can anyone help? Can Mac erase music by itself? Why?
Thanks for any advise!
robert

try if the instructions in [this|http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1967] support article help.
JGG

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