How do I start storing photos on a new external hard drive without adding a new aperture library?

I have used up all my storage on one of my external hard drives.  I want to start storing on another.  How do I do it so I do not have to make a new Aperture library.  I think having multiple libraries gets too confusing.
Thanks!

Keep your Aperture library on that external drive, but relocate original image files to another drive.
See:  Aperture 3 User Manual: Working with Referenced Images

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