ITunes library on two drives?

Is it possible to run iTunes with a split library on two drives? i.e. TV shows on one and music on another. I have a laptop and run out of space. I also do not want an external drive since I am not mobil anymore. Any idea? Bye

Move the content you want on the second drive to it manually, delete it from iTunes, open the Advanced section of the iTunes preferences, verify it's set not to copy content to the iTunes Music folder when it's added to the library, and import it from the second drive.
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