diff --git a/src/monger/collection.clj b/src/monger/collection.clj
index d571104..f4687fb 100644
--- a/src/monger/collection.clj
+++ b/src/monger/collection.clj
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 ;; THE SOFTWARE.
 
 (ns monger.collection
-  (:import (com.mongodb Mongo DB WriteResult DBObject WriteConcern) (java.util List))
+  (:import (com.mongodb Mongo DB WriteResult DBObject WriteConcern DBCursor) (java.util List Map))
   (:require [monger core convertion errors]))
 
 ;;
@@ -42,6 +42,22 @@
      (.insert (.getCollection db collection) (monger.convertion/to-db-object docs) concern)))
 
 ;; monger.collection/find
+
+(defn ^DBCursor find
+  ([^DB db, ^String collection]
+     (.find (.getCollection db collection)))
+  ([^DB db, ^String collection, ^Map ref]
+     (.find (.getCollection db collection) (monger.convertion/to-db-object ref)))
+  )
+
+
+(defn ^DBObject find-by-id
+  ([^DB db, ^String collection, ^String id]
+     (.findOne (.getCollection db collection) (monger.convertion/to-db-object { :_id id })))
+  )
+
+
+
 ;; monger.collection/group
 
 ;; monger.collection/count
diff --git a/src/monger/util.clj b/src/monger/util.clj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c10b7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/monger/util.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+(ns monger.util
+  (:import (java.security SecureRandom) (java.math.BigInteger)))
+
+;;
+;; API
+;;
+
+(defn ^String random-str
+  "Generates a secure random string"
+  [^long n, ^long num-base]
+  (.toString (new BigInteger n (SecureRandom.)) num-base))
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/monger/test/collection.clj b/test/monger/test/collection.clj
index b2534f3..bb4b9a9 100644
--- a/test/monger/test/collection.clj
+++ b/test/monger/test/collection.clj
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 (set! *warn-on-reflection* true)
 
 (ns monger.test.collection
-  (:import  [com.mongodb WriteResult WriteConcern])
-  (:require [monger core collection errors] [clojure stacktrace])
+  (:import  [com.mongodb WriteResult WriteConcern DBCursor])
+  (:require [monger core collection errors util] [clojure stacktrace])
   (:use [clojure.test]))
 
 
@@ -65,3 +65,45 @@
         db         (monger.core/get-db connection "monger-test")]
     (is 0 (monger.collection/count db "things"))))
 
+
+
+;;
+;; find
+;;
+
+(deftest find-full-document-when-collection-is-empty
+  (let [connection (monger.core/connect)
+        db         (monger.core/get-db connection "monger-test")
+        collection "docs"]
+    (monger.collection/remove db collection)
+    (def cursor (monger.collection/find db collection))
+    (is (instance? DBCursor cursor))))
+
+
+
+;;
+;; find-by-id
+;;
+
+(deftest find-full-document-by-id-when-document-does-not-exist
+  (let [connection (monger.core/connect)
+        db         (monger.core/get-db connection "monger-test")
+        collection "libraries"
+        doc-id     (monger.util/random-str 140 16)]
+    (monger.collection/remove db collection)
+    (is (nil? (monger.collection/find-by-id db collection doc-id)))))
+
+
+(deftest find-full-document-by-id-when-document-exists
+  (let [connection (monger.core/connect)
+        db         (monger.core/get-db connection "monger-test")
+        collection "libraries"
+        doc-id     (monger.util/random-str 140 16)
+        doc        { :data-store "MongoDB", :language "Clojure", :_id doc-id }]
+    (monger.collection/remove db collection)
+    (monger.collection/insert db collection doc)
+    (is (= (doc (monger.collection/find-by-id db collection doc-id))))))
+
+
+    
+