diff --git a/scribble.go b/scribble.go
index bea590e..7399f9a 100644
--- a/scribble.go
+++ b/scribble.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/jcelliott/lumber"
@@ -149,7 +150,12 @@ func (d *Driver) Read(collection, resource string, v interface{}) error {
 	//
 	record := filepath.Join(d.dir, collection, resource)
 
-	// read record from database; if the file doesn't exist `read` will return an err
+	// check to see if file exists
+	if _, err := stat(record); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// read record from database
 	return read(record, v)
 }
 
@@ -175,6 +181,14 @@ func (d *Driver) ReadAll(collection string) ([][]byte, error) {
 
 	//
 	dir := filepath.Join(d.dir, collection)
+	os.MkdirAll(dir, 0777)
+
+	// read all the files in the transaction.Collection; an error here just means
+	// the collection is either empty or doesn't exist
+	files, err := ioutil.ReadDir(dir)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 
 	// read all the files in the transaction.Collection; an error here just means
 	// the collection is either empty or doesn't exist
@@ -208,7 +222,41 @@ func readAll(files []os.FileInfo, dir string) ([][]byte, error) {
 	return records, nil
 }
 
-// Delete locks the database then attempts to remove the collection/resource
+// List ID of records from a collection; this is returned as a slice of strings.
+func (d *Driver) List(collection string) ([]string, error) {
+
+	// ensure there is a collection to read
+	if collection == "" {
+		return nil, ErrMissingCollection
+	}
+
+	//
+	dir := filepath.Join(d.dir, collection)
+
+	// check to see if collection (directory) exists
+	//if _, err := stat(dir); err != nil {
+	//	return nil, err
+	//}
+
+	files, err := ioutil.ReadDir(dir)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// the IDs of collection
+	var recordsIDs []string
+
+	for _, file := range files {
+		name := file.Name()
+		if strings.HasSuffix(name, ".json") && !strings.HasPrefix(name, ".#") {
+			recordsIDs = append(recordsIDs, name[:len(name)-5])
+		}
+	}
+
+	return recordsIDs, nil
+}
+
+// Delete locks that database and then attempts to remove the collection/resource
 // specified by [path]
 func (d *Driver) Delete(collection, resource string) error {
 	path := filepath.Join(collection, resource)