Will aperture scan and combine multiple photo libraries

I have photo in 3 differnt iphoto libraries.  Will this software scan all devices and bring all photos to one new library?

I'm not sure what you mean by "scan all devices and bring all photos into one new library."
Aperture CAN import another Aperture or iPhoto library into its own library, as long as they are the right versions (current version is 3.4.5 of Aperture, and I believe iPhoto 9.4.5).  If the libraries are the same version, then you can open one Aperture library, and then do File->Import->Library to import another library into your mail library. 
So you should start with one library, then import the other two, then archive off the iPhoto libraries for a while until you're convinced all is working as it should.
Oh, and have up-to-date backups of EVERYTHING before you do this.  It has worked perfectly for me in all cases, backups are always a good idea when doing something as large as this with something as valuable as your photo libraries!

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