diff --git a/src/monger/js.clj b/src/monger/js.clj
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+(ns monger.js
+  (:require [clojure.java.io]))
+
+;;
+;; Implementation
+;;
+
+(defn- normalize-resource
+  [^String path]
+  (if (.endsWith path ".js")
+    path
+    (str path ".js")))
+
+
+
+;;
+;; API
+;;
+
+(defn load-resource
+  (^String [^String path]
+  (with-open [rdr (clojure.java.io/reader (-> (Thread/currentThread)
+                                              .getContextClassLoader
+                                              (.getResourceAsStream (normalize-resource path))))]
+    (reduce str "" (line-seq rdr)))))
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diff --git a/test/monger/test/js.clj b/test/monger/test/js.clj
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+(ns monger.test.js
+  (:require [monger js]
+            [clojure.java.io :only [reader]])
+  (:use [clojure.test]))
+
+
+(deftest load-js-resource-using-path-on-the-classpath
+  (are [c path] (= c (count (monger.js/load-resource path)))
+       60 "resources/mongo/js/mapfun1.js"
+       60 "resources/mongo/js/mapfun1"))
diff --git a/test/resources/mongo/js/mapfun1.js b/test/resources/mongo/js/mapfun1.js
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+function() {
+  emit(this.state, this.price * this.quantity);
+}
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