Creating two iTunes accounts on the same computer

I'm moving in with my girlfriend. She has her own iTunes library on her computer. I have downloaded all my music and applications from my iTunes library on my computer to my iPhone. I want to be able to download all music and applications on my iPhone onto my girlfriend's computer while keeping it separate from her music, apps, etc. This way, we hope to be able to manage her iPod and my iPhone from the same computer without worrying that iTunes will sync my music onto her iPod or that my apps won't get deleted by getting synced with her account.
Is it possible to do this? If so, how? Perhaps this is a dumb question whose answer is right in front of me. But as yet I have been unable to figure out if/how using the online iTunes tutorials. Any help anyone can provide would be appreciated.

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