Spread an iTunes lib across 2 drives?

Is it possible to spread an iTunes library across two drives? If so, how?
I've got my iTunes library on a 500GB external drive and it's already outgrowing the drive (3GB free as of today and stuff keeps getting added). I'd prefer to use two drives that I already have, rather than upgrade to a 750GB or 1TB drive. Is there a way?

iTunes prefs -> Advanced.
Set the *iTunes music folder location* to a different drive.
Anything new added to iTunes will go to that drive.
iTunes will conrtinue to use the stuff on the old drive also.

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