Using External HD and Itunes

I bought an external HD to deal with my increasing music collection. However, I don't t want to completely remove all my music from my computer -- I'd still like to keep some music local. What's the best way to manage the music, assuming I don't want to travel around with my external HD.
Thanks,

I'd like to do something very similar. If I create a 2nd library with the option key, how do I "move" some music from the 1st library (saved to the local laptop drive) to the 2nd, newly created library (that would be saved to an external)?
Can it be set up this way? Can I move items between libraries this way?
My laptop has limited space and I'm trying to figure out a way to clear off a little space on the drive by moving music that I don't listen to very often.
Any ideas other than the one in the thread?

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