diff --git a/tests/web_test_case.inc b/tests/web_test_case.inc
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 8a5b9a00..0206d962
--- a/tests/web_test_case.inc
+++ b/tests/web_test_case.inc
@@ -99,6 +99,78 @@ class IslandoraWebTestCase extends DrupalWebTestCase {
     $this->admin->repository = $connection->repository;
     return $this->admin;
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a temporary Drupal user with administrative privileges. This is much simpler than the probably-unnecessary process of determining the correct permissions for most tests.
+   *
+   * @param $permissions
+   *   An array of permissions which the temporary admin user will adopt; should be left blank, as this will just pull all the permissions currently assigned to the Administrator role.
+   *
+   */
+  public function createDrupalAdminUser(array $permissions = array()) {
+    $roles = user_roles();
+    $index = array_search('administrator', $roles);
+    $user = $this->drupalCreateUser($permissions);
+    $user->roles[$index] = 'administrator';
+    return user_save($user);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a randomly generated child collection in the top-level collection through the testing interface. This should be used in lieu of throwing test objects into a standard collection, in case that collection has been deleted.
+   *
+   * @param $label
+   *   The label that should be assigned to the collection
+   * @param $model
+   *   The content model the collection should use
+   * @param $pid
+   *   The PID that should be assigned to the collection (left blank by default, using a sequentially assigned number)
+   * @see IslandoraWebTestCase::deleteRootTestCollection()
+   */
+  public function createRootTestCollection($label, $model, $pid = '') {
+    $this->drupalGet('islandora');
+    $root = $this->url;
+    $path = $root . '/manage/collection';
+    $this->clickLink(t('Manage'));
+    $this->clickLink(t('Collection'));
+    $edit = array('label' => $label, 'pid' => $pid, 'inherit_policy' => FALSE, 'content_models[' . $model . ']' => TRUE);
+    $this->drupalPost($path, $edit, t('Create collection'), $options = array(), $headers = array(), $form_html_id = 'islandora-basic-collection-create-child-collection-form');
+    $this->assertText($label, t('Created collection %label using the content model %model', array('%label' => $label, '%model' => $model)), 'Islandora');
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Deletes a child collection from the root collection by searching for a particular label.
+   *
+   * @param $label
+   *   The label of the collection to be deleted
+   * @see IslandoraWebTestCase::createRootTestCollection()
+   */
+  public function deleteRootTestCollectionByLabel($label) {
+    $collection = $this->openRootTestCollectionByLabel($label);
+    if ($collection != FALSE) {
+      $this->clickLink('Manage');
+      $this->clickLink('Properties');
+      $path = $this->url;
+
+      $edit = array();
+      $this->drupalPost($path, $edit, t('Delete Collection'));
+      $path = $this->url;
+      $this->drupalPost($path, $edit, t('Delete'));
+      $this->pass(t('Deleted collection %label by searching the root collection', array('%label' => $label)), t('Islandora'));
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Deletes a child collection from the root collection directly via PID
+   */
+  public function deleteRootTestCollectionByPid($label, $pid) {
+    $path = 'islandora/object/' . $pid . '/manage/properties';
+    $edit = array();
+    $this->drupalPost($path, $edit, t('Delete Collection'));
+    $path = $this->url;
+    $this->drupalPost($path, $edit, t('Delete'));
+    $this->assertText('children from', t('Deleted collection %label directly via PID %pid', array('%label' => $label, '%pid' => $pid)), t('Islandora'));
+  }
+
   /**
    * Stores the content of the Drupal Filter for later restoration.
    */
@@ -113,6 +185,44 @@ class IslandoraWebTestCase extends DrupalWebTestCase {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Searches through the pages inside the root collection and opens the one specified by its label. This is much slower than doing it directly by PID; use this in tests where the PID is unknown.
+   *   @param $label
+   *     The label of the collection
+   *
+   */
+  public function openRootTestCollectionByLabel($label, $index = 0) {
+    $nexturls = $this->xpath('//a[normalize-space(text())=:label]', array(':label' => 'next >'));
+    if (isset($nexturls[$index])) {
+      while (isset($nexturls[$index])) {
+        $urls = $this->xpath('//a[normalize-space(text())=:label]', array(':label' => $label));
+
+        if (isset($urls[$index])) {
+          $url_target = $this->getAbsoluteUrl($urls[$index]['href']);
+          }
+
+        if (isset($url_target)) {
+          $this->assertTrue(isset($urls[$index]), t('Found collection %label in root collection', array('%label' => $label)), t('Islandora'));
+          return $this->drupalGet($url_target);
+          }
+        }
+        return FALSE;
+      }
+      else {
+        $urls = $this->xpath('//a[normalize-space(text())=:label]', array(':label' => $label));
+
+        if (isset($urls[$index])) {
+          $url_target = $this->getAbsoluteUrl($urls[$index]['href']);
+          }
+
+        if (isset($url_target)) {
+          $this->assertTrue(isset($urls[$index]), t('Found collection %label in root collection', array('%label' => $label)), t('Islandora'));
+          return $this->drupalGet($url_target);
+        }
+      }
+      return FALSE;
+    }
+
   /**
    * Restores the original Drupal filter, frees any allocated resources.
    *