Although all sharks are carnivorous, meaning they eat other animals, nurse sharks fall into a category of laid back, easy-going sharks that prefer to swim awhile and then rest awhile. Nurse sharks (Ginglymostoma cirratum) may in fact be considered the couch potato of the shark world.
The number of sources that you will be required to review will depend on what the literature review is for and how advanced you are in your studies. It could be from five sources at first year undergraduate level to more than fifty for a thesis.Your lecturer will advise you on these details. Start by writing your thesis statement. 2  This is an important introductory sentence that will tell your reader what the topic is and the overall perspective or argument you will be presenting. 3  Like essays, a literature review must have an introduction, a body and a conclusion.
A literature review must do these things. 1  be organized around and related directly to the thesis or research question you are developing. 2  synthesize results into a summary of what is and is not known. 3  identify areas of controversy in the literature. 4  formulate questions that need further research.s a piece of writing, the literature review must be defined by a guiding concept (e.g., your research objective, the problem or issue you are discussing, or your argumentative thesis). It is not just a descriptive list of the material available, or a set of summaries.