diff --git a/app/models/article.rb b/app/models/article.rb
index f94799c..608d9f7 100644
--- a/app/models/article.rb
+++ b/app/models/article.rb
@@ -13,12 +13,18 @@ class Article < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   acts_as_versioned
 
-  # retrives all articles belonging to the given +profile+ that are not
+  # retrieves all articles belonging to the given +profile+ that are not
   # sub-articles of any other article.
-  def Article.top_level_for(profile)
+  def self.top_level_for(profile)
     self.find(:all, :conditions => [ 'parent_id is null and profile_id = ?', profile.id ])
   end
 
+  # retrieves the latest +limit+ articles in profile +profile+, sorted from the
+  # most recent to the oldest.
+  def self.recent(profile, limit)
+    self.find(:all, :limit => limit, :order => 'created_on')
+  end
+
   # produces the HTML code that is to be displayed as this article's contents.
   #
   # The implementation in this class just provides the +body+ attribute as the
diff --git a/test/unit/article_test.rb b/test/unit/article_test.rb
index 8f7fde1..66f00d1 100644
--- a/test/unit/article_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/article_test.rb
@@ -128,7 +128,19 @@ class ArticleTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
       a.last_changed_by = Person.new
       a.save!
     end
+  end
 
+  should 'search for recent documents for a given profile' do
+    first = profile.articles.build(:name => 'first'); first.save!
+    second = profile.articles.build(:name => 'second'); second.save!
+    third = profile.articles.build(:name => 'third'); third.save!
+    forth = profile.articles.build(:name => 'forth'); forth.save!
+    fifth = profile.articles.build(:name => 'fifth'); fifth.save!
+    
+    assert_equal [first,second,third], Article.recent(profile, 3)
+    
+    assert_equal [first,second,third,forth,fifth], Article.recent(profile, 10)
+    
   end
 
 end
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