Moving iTunes from internal hard drive to external hard drive

I would like to know if it is possible for me to move my iTunes library and all iTunes files from my internal hard drive to the external drive that I just purchased. My Laptop is running out of memory and I assume if I move it to the external drive it will free up space. Can anyone here help me?

If you have iTunes 7, then you can just drag the entire iTunes folder to your desired location. Then hold down the Shift key while launching iTunes. You'll be given a dialog box where you can select the iTunes library you want to use. Navigate to and select the iTunes folder in it's new location.
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