Can I have 2 iTunes librarys?

Can I have 2 iTunes librarys and change between them i.e. one for tunes only stored on my Powerbook for use when I'm out and about and one for tunes that I have stored on a large external hard drive which I connect up to when at home?
Powerbook Mac OS X (10.4.4)

You can do that with the help of iTunes Library Manager.
M
17' iMac fp 800 MHz 768 MB RAM Mac OS X (10.3.9) Several ext. HD (backup and data)

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