How do I access the music on photos on my external hard drive, on my MBA?

I bought a 64Gb MBA slightly used, and knew the space wasn't going to be enough for my music and photos, so I bought an external hard drive, (the iomega helium), thinking that I could just load it with my pics and music, and access it from there, when I wanted to view the pics and music on my MBA when I wanted to. Well, I loaded the libraries onto the EHD, and upon opening both iTunes and iPhoto up, can't figure out how I access them off the EHD. Any help?
Also, on the first version of the MBA trackpad, how do I right click? Thanks in advance!

Well, I loaded the libraries onto the EHD, and upon opening both iTunes and iPhoto up, can't figure out how I access them off the EHD.
Launch the applications with the Option key held down, and click on Choose Library if you've created a full library on that drive. If not, create one and import the content.
Also, on the first version of the MBA trackpad, how do I right click?
Click here and perform a secondary click, or control-click an item.
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