Finder Places: how to change location?

I have moved my large iTunes and iPhoto libraries to an external hard drive. However, I cannot figure out how to change the location in the sidebar of the Finder to show that the new places are external.
Any advice on how to do this?
Thank you.

Flink,
I think I understand what you're looking for.
Those special "shortcuts" in the Finder Sidebar only point to the corresponding folders in your HOME folder. You cannot change this. However, you can create aliases of Library folders you moved to the external, and place those aliases in the folders inside your HOME folder.
Right now, you select one of the Sidebar items (let's take the "Pictures" folder, for example), and you see the contents of your "Pictures" folder. One included item is your "iPhoto" folder. By creating an alias of the externally-stored iPhoto folder and placing in the "Pictures" folder, you'll see the same thing.
You'll still need to tell iPhoto and iTunes where to look for their Library folders, though. iPhoto handles this pretty easily, but iTunes needs a bit more coaxing. Instead of moving the iTunes library yourself, open the "Advanced" tab of the iTunes preferences. Enable the "Keep music organized" checkbox, then click "OK." Change the location using the dialogue in this preference pane, then dismiss the preferences dialogue. Finally, choose File>Library>Consolidate Library to copy the entire library to the chosen location.
Scott

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