Using iMac as a second display while still using iMac

I work between both a macbook air and iMac daily.  My emails are on the MacBook Air and everything else is on the iMac.  I have purchased the Thunderbolt Cord and am able to use the iMac as a second display for the MacBook. 
I would like to know if you can split the screen on the iMac.  I want to work from just one machine and see my emails on the iMac (say 1/3 of the screen) while still being able to use the iMac on the remaining 2/3 of the screen.
Is this possible at all??

You can't do what you want to do. The Target Display mode only allows you to use the iMac as an external screen or as a computer at a time, so you can't use the iMac and use it as an external screen at the same time

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