Mongoose Connect to DB (named rift) and querying for a user by email.

server.js

var mongoose = require('mongoose'),
  Admin = require('./models/admin');

var connStr = 'mongodb://localhost:27017/rift';
mongoose.connect(connStr, function(err) {
	if (err) throw err;
	console.log('Successfully connected to Mongo');
});

Admin.findOne({ email:'[email protected]' }, 
	function(err, admin) {
		console.log(admin);
});