Can you transfer catalogs between a desktop and a laptop

I am wondering if I can transfer my catalog data from my desk top to my laptop via an external drive.
My orginal photos will still be one the desktop but I believe teh smart preview would still be in the catalop on the drive?

I use a server to store all my photos and presently have 4TB of storage so I don't worry to much about space.
I want to be able to work on my photo over the lunch hour or at coffee shops and not always at the desk.  I have a 500GB portable drive I can use to storage the catalaog on but don't want to carry around the photos all the time.
If I can transfer the project catalog to the drive and use the smart preview to get some of my work done remotely that will help alot. 

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