diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-io2/.gitignore b/core-java-modules/core-java-io2/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c61d35324d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-io2/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+0.*
+
+# Files generated by integration tests
+# *.txt
+/temp
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-io2/README.md b/core-java-modules/core-java-io2/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d4b417e30e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-io2/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+=========
+
+## Core Java IO Cookbooks and Examples
+
+### Relevant Articles: 
+- [Reading Files Versus Loading Resources](http://www.baeldung.com/reading-files-versus-loading-resources)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-io2/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-io2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8ac7b2975f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-io2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+	<artifactId>core-java-io2</artifactId>
+	<version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<name>core-java-io2</name>
+	<packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+	<parent>
+		<groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+		<artifactId>parent-java</artifactId>
+		<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<relativePath>../../parent-java</relativePath>
+	</parent>
+
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+			<artifactId>commons-collections4</artifactId>
+			<version>${commons-collections4.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>commons-io</groupId>
+			<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
+			<version>2.6</version>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
+			<artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
+			<version>${lombok.version}</version>
+			<scope>provided</scope>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>log4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+			<version>${log4j.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<dependency> <!-- needed to bridge to slf4j for projects that use the log4j APIs directly -->
+			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>log4j-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+			<version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+
+	</dependencies>
+
+
+
+
+
+	<build>
+		<finalName>core-java-io2</finalName>
+		<resources>
+			<resource>
+				<directory>src/main/resources</directory>
+				<filtering>true</filtering>
+			</resource>
+		</resources>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+				<artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>${exec-maven-plugin.version}</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<executable>java</executable>
+					<mainClass>com.baeldung.outofmemoryerror.OutOfMemoryGCLimitExceed</mainClass>
+					<arguments>
+						<argument>-Xmx300m</argument>
+						<argument>-XX:+UseParallelGC</argument>
+						<argument>-classpath</argument>
+						<classpath />
+						<argument>com.baeldung.outofmemoryerror.OutOfMemoryGCLimitExceed</argument>
+					</arguments>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+
+			<plugin>
+				<!-- Build an executable JAR -->
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>${maven-jar-plugin.version}</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<archive>
+						<manifest>
+							<addClasspath>true</addClasspath>
+							<mainClass>com.baeldung.resource.MyResourceLoader</mainClass>
+						</manifest>
+					</archive>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
+
+	<profiles>
+		<profile>
+			<id>integration</id>
+			<build>
+				<plugins>
+					<plugin>
+						<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+						<artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+
+						<executions>
+							<execution>
+								<id>run-benchmarks</id>
+								<!-- <phase>integration-test</phase> -->
+								<phase>none</phase>
+								<goals>
+									<goal>exec</goal>
+								</goals>
+								<configuration>
+									<classpathScope>test</classpathScope>
+									<executable>java</executable>
+									<arguments>
+										<argument>-classpath</argument>
+										<classpath />
+										<argument>org.openjdk.jmh.Main</argument>
+										<argument>.*</argument>
+									</arguments>
+								</configuration>
+							</execution>
+						</executions>
+					</plugin>
+				</plugins>
+			</build>
+		</profile>
+	</profiles>
+
+	<properties>
+
+		<!-- util -->
+		<commons-collections4.version>4.1</commons-collections4.version>
+
+		<!-- maven plugins -->
+		<maven-jar-plugin.version>3.1.0</maven-jar-plugin.version>
+
+	</properties>
+
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-io2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/resource/MyResourceLoader.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-io2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/resource/MyResourceLoader.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1c5b52e18b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-io2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/resource/MyResourceLoader.java
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package com.baeldung.resource;
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.FileReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+public class MyResourceLoader {
+
+    private void loadFileWithReader() throws IOException {
+
+        FileReader fileReader = new FileReader("src/main/resources/input.txt");
+        BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(fileReader);
+        String contents = reader.lines()
+            .collect(Collectors.joining(System.lineSeparator()));
+        reader.close();
+        System.out.println(contents);
+
+    }
+
+    private void loadFileAsResource() throws IOException {
+
+        InputStream inputStream = getClass().getResourceAsStream("/input.txt");
+        BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(inputStream));
+        String contents = reader.lines()
+            .collect(Collectors.joining(System.lineSeparator()));
+        System.out.println(contents);
+
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
+
+        MyResourceLoader resourceLoader = new MyResourceLoader();
+
+        resourceLoader.loadFileWithReader();
+        resourceLoader.loadFileAsResource();
+
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-io2/src/main/resources/input.txt b/core-java-modules/core-java-io2/src/main/resources/input.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8670fb3460
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-io2/src/main/resources/input.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
+In lacus enim, scelerisque id sapien ut, semper euismod quam. 
+Nunc ullamcorper semper blandit.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-io2/src/test/resources/.gitignore b/core-java-modules/core-java-io2/src/test/resources/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..83c05e60c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-io2/src/test/resources/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+*.class
+
+#folders#
+/target
+/neoDb*
+/data
+/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/classes
+*/META-INF/*
+
+# Packaged files #
+*.jar
+*.war
+*.ear
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3fd1bcf5fb..af5cf4ff03 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -396,6 +396,7 @@
                 <module>core-java-modules/core-java-concurrency-basic</module>
                 <module>core-java-modules/core-java-concurrency-collections</module>
                 <module>core-java-modules/core-java-io</module>
+                <module>core-java-modules/core-java-io2</module>
                 <module>core-java-modules/core-java-nio</module>
                 <module>core-java-modules/core-java-security</module>
                 <module>core-java-modules/core-java-lang-syntax</module>