Two iTunes libraries for a PowerBook

My 80 gb drive is filling up and I'd like to remove some of the music on it (all loaded from legal CD's). Is there a way I can have part of my music library on the PB internal HD and also have a second library on a 300 gb external HD?
When I am on the road, it is nice to have a reasonable library of music on my internal drive but when home and connected to the external HD, it would be nice to be able to have all my music on the external but accessible to my PB.
Thanks,
DJ

I found it easier to get a 250 mb external HD and hook it up to my wife's Desktop PC (which is on the same home network as my Mac). iTunes lets us share songs via the network and I can play my songs stored on her HD on my remote (AirportExpress enabled) speakers while she is listening to her music on her remote (second AirportExpress) speakers.
Kinda cool.

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