?how to move  songs from library in ext drive to new library on int drive

I am trying to set up an application called iBirdPod and am having problems because my large iTunes library is on an external drive. The developer suggests I move the bird songs I previously ripped to the ext drive to a new library on my internal drive.
I know I can create a second library by holding down the option key when I open iTunes.
The question is how to move the bird songs I have already ripped from the original library on the external drive to my new library on the internal drive and then delete them from the external drive? They will ultimately go on my iPod after they have been altered a bit by the iBirdPod application.
thanks for any help with this
Caroline

I have been unable to get the birdPodmaker software to work (it makes some changes to the birdsongs previously ripped to the iTunes library to make them easier to use on an iPod) so the developer suggested the problem might lie in the fact that iTunes and the birdPodmaker softerware are on my iMac's internal drive,while the iTunes library is on an external drive (because the library is large and growing).
I know there are several options for having a second (or more ) ITunes library via iTunes itself, via Libera or via Doug Adams iTunes Library manager. I am just not sure what the best way is to move the actual bird songs themselves from my primary iTunes library on the external drive to a new one on the internal drive without either duplicating them or having to delete them from the external drive and then rerip them to the internal drive.
Any help would be appreciated.
Caroline

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