How do I move some photos to another catalog?

I can see how to export to a catalog - this making a new catalog. But how do I move photos or export them to a current catalog.
What I am trying to do is split my catalog which is getting a little big into 2 or three others.
What's your recommendation?
Thanks
John

One way would be to make a number of COllections or FOlder choices that you want to split off and the do Export Catalog. You can Check to include Previews or let them builder after. You need not include 'negatives', your image files, especially if you are going to reference them where they already are.
Name the new Catalogs appropriately and put where you want them or with your initial one.
Don
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catalog. Then I went back to catalog #1 and I still can see the entire
folder that I had selected to Export. I double checked it the process and it
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