Moving Lightroom Database.lrcat to a diferent location

I think I have looked everywhere to find an answer to my problem I created too many libraries and it is very difficult to find my images. Now that I understand how LR works I understand the big mistake I made is there a way to export Lightroom Database.lrcat and create a new library without loosing all the info. that I have created?
I understand also that one should not have more than 10 thousand images per library is this correct? So I would have to create very specific libraries (ej: personal, architectural, portraits etc.)

Ricardo-
I think the answer is yes, but I'd like to be clearer on what your questions are first.
If you are thinking of combining several Libraries, perhaps on a new external drive, you can do so with no loss of anything.
But do outline a bit more what your situation is.

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Thanks for your reaction.
I was confused by the fact that on June 28 this file was called a LRDB and on July 6 a LRCAT, I assume because I updated to LR 1.1.
* However I still wonder where I can locate the "Lightroom Database.lrdb.lock", which is referred to in the TechNote?
I Have LR with 1.1 running on laptop with Windows XP.
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