How do I move images from one catalog to another?

Having imported all of my image library into Lightroom as one catalog, I've realised that it would be more convenient to break this large catalog into several smaller ones. I am unsure how to best achieve this.
Should I (or Can I) after creating a new catalog, move the relevant images and their folders from the original catalog into the new catalog, or do I delete them from the original catalog first before re-importing them into the new catalog? If the second option is correct, will the images retain the keywords and edit adjustments made when they were in the original catalog?
On the other hand, is it possible to simply create a new catalog and import the relevant folders into that? In effect, having two different catalogs, with one containing some of the same folders as the other? Again, will they retain the keywords and edits?
Thanks in advance.

Mahombi wrote:
Having imported all of my image library into Lightroom as one catalog, I've realised that it would be more convenient to break this large catalog into several smaller ones. I am unsure how to best achieve this.
Without more detail, I am skeptical that this is a good idea.
If you have one large catalog, and your photos are properly keyworded, then a simple click to the right of the keyword line gives you "Virtual Catalogs". It shows you only those photos with the keyword you just selected. So, today you can have a virtual catalog for Auto Shows, tomorrow you can have a virtual catalog of your trip to Italy, the next day you can have a virtual catalog of all of your beach photos. The possibilities are endless and don't require you to predefine how you split the catalog.
There are no functions that work across multiple catalogs. If you ever want to do a search to find photos in catalog 1 and photos in catalog 2, you will not be able to do so.

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