Does anyone know if citations (whether they may be website, or book) count as part of the IA’s wordcount? If so, would a citation like http://www.cnn.Com count as one word since there aren’t any spaces in it?
No, citations are not part of the word count.
Word limit
Higher level and standard level fieldwork – 2,500 words.
These notes clarify what is included in the word count. There is still misunderstanding about what is counted in textboxes and annotations, and some candidates have been trying to avoid the word limit by putting information that should be in the main body of the text in long annotations. This is not permitted and any annotations that are over 10 words will be included in the word count.
Definitions
Label: 10 words or fewer
Annotation: more than 10 words
Words not included in the word count:
Title page
Acknowledgments
Contents page
Titles and subtitles
Citations, references and bibliography
Footnotes—up to a maximum of 15 words
Appendices—containing only raw data and/or calculations
Photographs
Map legends and / or keys
Labels—of 10 words or fewer
Tables—of statistical or numerical data, or categories, classes or group names
Calculations.
Words included in the word count:
Annotations: every word
Main text: the introduction, hypotheses, analysis, and conclusion and evaluation, wherever these appear.
@Luigi0928 Thanks. Do you know what annotations are and how they are different from the labels? (I’m guessing labels are words that might add to a map to help make it more understandable and annotations annotate the photographs you include)
Also do you know if it can be printed 2-sided?
Annotations are descriptive whilst labels are merely names of things. Annotations do not count in the word count if they are less than 10 words. And yes you can print double sided.