Find the best library databases for your research.
The following databases are newly acquired or being evaluated for a future subscription.
Evidence-based medicine (EBM) integrates the best available evidence with clinical experience that allows clinicians to recommend, and their patients to make, informed choices consistent with their values. JAMAevidence helps decision makers identify the best available evidence by providing guides to the systematic consideration of the validity, importance, and applicability of claims about the assessment of health problems and the outcomes of health care.
Mometrix eLibrary provides a wide range of study materials to help test-takers, including flashcards, practice tests, videos, and study guides; create an account with your DMU email to access and save progress.
Contact the library to register for an account if you are out of state.
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Includes expert-reviewed videos, decision-making tree flowcharts for diagnosis, flashcards, practice quizzes, high-yield notes for the Basic Sciences, and a customizable quiz builder to help you ace your boards.
Important: Please set up your account with your firstname.lastname @dmu email. Otherwise your account may not work.
Mobile app available for Apple devices and Android devices.
A free resource for osteopathic research. Search peer-reviewed databases and journals.
StatPearls is an exam preparation database that provides review questions for the COMLEX 2 and 3.
NOTE: New users will need to create a StatPearls account using your @dmu.edu email address. When you create an account on the StatPearls site, you will be sent a confirmation email. Click the link in the email and your account will be activated. Once logged in to StatPearls, it is possible to create customized practice tests, see explanations with each answer, and view statistics as well as suggested questions based on performance.
The most frequently-used databases
BoardVitals is an exam preparation database that provides review questions for the AMPLE Parts 1-3, PANCE, NBME, USMLE 1-3, and COMLEX 1 shelf exams.
NOTE: New users will need to create a BoardVitals account using your @dmu.edu email address. When you create an account on the BoardVitals site, you will be sent a confirmation email. Click the link in the email and your account will be activated. Once logged in to BoardVitals, it is possible to create customized practice tests, see explanations with each answer, and view statistics as well as suggested questions based on performance.
JoVE is a peer-reviewed, PubMed-indexed video journal and science education platform.
The DMU Library subscribes to the following:
ebook collections in basic medical sciences, osteopathic medicine, physical examination, family medicine, ob/gyn and more, including cases and multimedia content. The popular Board Review Series and Made Incredibly Easy collections are also on this platform. You do not need to create a personal account to use this collection off-campus as long as you use the library URL.
Includes expert-reviewed videos, decision-making tree flowcharts for diagnosis, flashcards, practice quizzes, high-yield notes for the Basic Sciences, and a customizable quiz builder to help you ace your boards.
Important: Please set up your account with your firstname.lastname @dmu email. Otherwise your account may not work.
Mobile app available for Apple devices and Android devices.
Explore our collection of 25,000+ audiobooks and ebooks on Overdrive! Search for "Mobius Consortium" or "Des Moines University" and then sign in with your SSO. The Libby app is easy to use on your phone or tablet.
Learn about mobile access | UpToDate® is a physician-authored clinical decision support resource that assists clinicians with point-of-care decisions. Includes easy-to-search graphics and a drug database and drug interactions tool (in partnership with Lexicomp®).
Learn about mobile access | Searchable by symptoms, signs, and patient factors, VisualDx includes more than 3,000 diagnoses and over 41,000 images, providing a customized, graphical differential diagnosis of an infectious, immunologic, metabolic, nutritional, psychiatric, or genetic disease.
