Multiple libraries - View them simultaneously?

I'm upgrading from iPhoto 2 on my old powerbook. I have about 4 libraries (not by choice) that have many duplicate photos between them. I would like to delete the duplicates and end up with one nice neat library of about 4000 photos.
My preference would be to have all of the libraries open at the same time and then scroll through them and delete. Some of the duplicate photos have different dates/times so I'd like to delete the ones with the wrong information so I need to be careful as I go.
After I've whittled it all down, I'd like to merge it together. I know that I can do the latter with iPhoto Library Manager. Can I also have multiple libraries open simultaneously with it?
If I can't have them open simultaneously, I've considered borrowing another computer so I can do it that way. However, maybe I should just merge it all into one huge library and try to delete that way. My concern is that as I identify a photo as a duplicate, I'd like to see all the others on the same roll so that I can check easily to see if they too are duplicates. If I merge together photos from the same date but from different libraries, will they still be considered different rolls? Can rolls be sorted by date on iPhoto 5?
Is there anything in iPhoto 6 that would make this easier? I've been putting it off for 2 years and want to bite the bullet in the least painful but most accurate way.
Thanks.

Yes, it looks just like that. However, I don't always get the "choose library" option when pressing the option key when opening IPhoto. For some reason, I have to move the IPHOTOLibrary to the desktop (or another folder) to be able to choose the library that I want. After choosing my original library (IPhotoLibrary) it then loads all of the albums/folders that are located in the left of the window. It just doesn't load the photos in them. I haven't done anything to the original folders that were created in the IPhoto Library either. They have been left as they were originally created.

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I realize this might be beating a dead horse, but after reading around a bit I can't quite get why having multiple libraries is regarding as "bad".
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This is the perfect situation to use a keyword.
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The problem with catalogs by year is that you now have to remember the year of 87,000 photos. This is an impossible task, it cannot be done. Human memory simply doesn't work that way.
Even in the example of "Zoo Visit 2009", suppose you want that really cute photo of the kids outside of the monkey cage. Now again, you have to remember what year that was taken in order to find the photo. As I said, this is a place where human memory simply doesn't work well, and by splitting your catalog into years, you have made your search difficult. If you have one catalog, and search for keywords kids and monkey, the search is pretty simple. Your approach of catalogs by year makes sense only if you can associate a year with every single one of your photos in your memory, and then retain that memory. If you use keywords, this is a natural descriptor of the photo content, and photo content is the way everyone thinks of photos (kids, grandma, ocean, beach, winery, etc.)
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Same comment applies to a single corrupted catalog; while backups are great, you might not necessarily know when it happens if it isn't something that either crashes the program or is otherwise not immediately noticeable.
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Hold down the option (or alt) key key and launch iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library' to pick between them. The same menu gives you the option to Create a new Library.
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This would be making is WAY less difficult. This is a MUCH needed feature in iTunes that they should add. As a DJ I absolutely hate having all my music in one library. Certain genres, like Electronic music, deserve to be in their own library. I would like to be able to hit the Music icon on my iPod and have it ask me what library of music I would like to access.
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