diff --git a/collection_funcs.go b/collection_funcs.go
index 5cece23..c35acfb 100644
--- a/collection_funcs.go
+++ b/collection_funcs.go
@@ -258,6 +258,22 @@ func (c *Collection) Modified() (modified time.Time, isChanged bool, err error)
 	return
 }
 
+/*
+	PathName returns the "real" name of a Collection.
+	In some cases, the Collection.Label may not be the actual *name* of the collection
+	(i.e. the label is different from the name used in the Dbus path).
+	This is a thin wrapper around simply extracting the last item from
+	the Collection.Dbus.Path().
+*/
+func (c *Collection) PathName() (realName string) {
+
+	var pathSplit []string = strings.Split(string(c.Dbus.Path()), "/")
+
+	realName = pathSplit[len(pathSplit)-1]
+
+	return
+}
+
 /*
 	setModify updates the Collection's modification time (as specified by Collection.Modified).
 	It seems that this does not update automatically.
diff --git a/collection_funcs_test.go b/collection_funcs_test.go
index d54ff56..5666d44 100644
--- a/collection_funcs_test.go
+++ b/collection_funcs_test.go
@@ -39,52 +39,6 @@ func TestNewCollection(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-/*
-	TestCollection_Label tests the following internal functions/methods via nested calls:
-		(all calls in TestNewCollection)
-		Service.GetCollection
-		Collection.Label
-
-*/
-func TestCollection_Label(t *testing.T) {
-
-	var svc *Service
-	var collection *Collection
-	var collLabel string
-	var err error
-
-	if svc, err = NewService(); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("NewService failed: %v", err.Error())
-	}
-
-	if collection, err = svc.GetCollection(defaultCollectionLabel); err != nil {
-		t.Errorf(
-			"failed when fetching collection '%v': %v",
-			defaultCollectionLabel, err.Error(),
-		)
-		err = nil
-		if err = svc.Close(); err != nil {
-			t.Errorf("could not close Service.Session: %v", err.Error())
-		}
-	}
-
-	if collLabel, err = collection.Label(); err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("cannot fetch label for '%v': %v", string(collection.Dbus.Path()), err.Error())
-		if err = svc.Close(); err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("could not close Service.Session: %v", err.Error())
-		}
-	}
-
-	if defaultCollection != collLabel {
-		t.Errorf("fetched collection ('%v') does not match fetched collection label ('%v')", collLabel, defaultCollection)
-	}
-
-	if err = svc.Close(); err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("could not close Service.Session: %v", err.Error())
-	}
-
-}
-
 /*
 	TestCollection_Items tests the following internal functions/methods via nested calls:
 
@@ -156,3 +110,91 @@ func TestCollection_Items(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("could not close Service.Session: %v", err.Error())
 	}
 }
+
+/*
+	TestCollection_Label tests the following internal functions/methods via nested calls:
+
+		(all calls in TestNewCollection)
+		Service.GetCollection
+		Collection.Label
+		Collection.PathName
+
+*/
+func TestCollection_Label(t *testing.T) {
+
+	var svc *Service
+	var collection *Collection
+	var collLabel string
+	var err error
+
+	if svc, err = NewService(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("NewService failed: %v", err.Error())
+	}
+
+	if collection, err = svc.GetCollection(defaultCollectionLabel); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf(
+			"failed when fetching collection '%v': %v",
+			defaultCollectionLabel, err.Error(),
+		)
+		err = nil
+		if err = svc.Close(); err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("could not close Service.Session: %v", err.Error())
+		}
+	}
+
+	if collLabel, err = collection.Label(); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("cannot fetch label for '%v': %v", string(collection.Dbus.Path()), err.Error())
+		if err = svc.Close(); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("could not close Service.Session: %v", err.Error())
+		}
+	}
+
+	if defaultCollectionLabel != collLabel {
+		t.Errorf("fetched collection ('%v') does not match fetched collection label ('%v')", collLabel, defaultCollectionLabel)
+	}
+
+	if err = svc.Close(); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("could not close Service.Session: %v", err.Error())
+	}
+
+}
+
+/*
+	TestCollection_Locked tests the following internal functions/methods via nested calls:
+
+		(all calls in TestNewCollection)
+		Collection.Locked
+
+*/
+func TestCollection_Locked(t *testing.T) {
+
+	var svc *Service
+	var collection *Collection
+	var isLocked bool
+	var err error
+
+	if svc, err = NewService(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("NewService failed: %v", err.Error())
+	}
+
+	if collection, err = svc.GetCollection(defaultCollection); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf(
+			"failed when fetching collection '%v': %v",
+			defaultCollectionLabel, err.Error(),
+		)
+		err = nil
+		if err = svc.Close(); err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("could not close Service.Session: %v", err.Error())
+		}
+	}
+
+	if isLocked, err = collection.Locked(); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("failed to get lock status for collection '%v': %v", collection.PathName(), err.Error())
+	} else {
+		t.Logf("collection '%v' lock status: %v", collection.PathName(), isLocked)
+	}
+
+	if err = svc.Close(); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("could not close Service.Session: %v", err.Error())
+	}
+}
diff --git a/service_funcs_test.go b/service_funcs_test.go
index ad22514..de76b3d 100644
--- a/service_funcs_test.go
+++ b/service_funcs_test.go
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ func TestService_Collections(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 		t.Logf(
 			"collection #%v (name '%v', label '%v'): created %v, last modified %v",
-			idx, c.name, collLabel, created, modified,
+			idx, c.PathName(), collLabel, created, modified,
 		)
 	}