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The article presents information about the virtual pets website, www.webkinz.com of Webkinz World and the people who have visited it. According to the site, the risk is not that the webkinz will die, but they can become sick. Sue Ostroff, a home day care provider in New Jersey says that feeds her daughter's 12 webkinz. Joan Selkow of Parkland, Florida provides virtual care for 40 critters when her children are away for the summer camp.

Reports on the different web sites in the United States which offer several information on pregnancy and motherhood for expectant mothers. Health issues featured in the web sites; Details on several merchandises sold online for pregnant women; Services offered by the site of Baby Center company.

Focuses on the variety of products available online. Expectation that 1998 online holiday purchases will be twice what they were in 1997, according to Nick Donatiello, president of San Francisco, California market research firm Odyssey; Customer services developed by Internet retailers; Popular sites for books, toys, jewelry and other items; Site that searches commercial sites and identifies sources for desired items; Contact points. INSET: Cards, Songs, Menorahs and a Price on That Partridge.

Considers computer-related dreams. Posting, reading and analyzing dreams as an international spectator sport with many Internet resources; Therapist Barbara Lee's report of clients' computer-related dreams; Psychologists' debate of the significance of dreams; Dream interpretation Web sites; Four different interpretations of a computer-related dream.

Focuses on pet-related Web sites. The sideshow quality of some pet-related sites; Address of a page for pet memorials; Pet site highlights and contact points. INSETS: Helping to save a few good doggies..., by Paula Schwartz;Advice from vets and other experts.

Presents information on the NetSmart John Carters Web page for people named John Carter all over the world. Internet address; Sample of electronic mail posted on the Web by namesakes of its Australian creator.

Discusses United States presidential candidates' 1999 use of the Internet to raise money and support. Costs of Web sites; Features of the Web sites of Steve Forbes, Al Gore, John McCain, Elizabeth Dole, George W. Bush and Bill Bradley; Impact on use of other media; Communication with campaign volunteers.

Considers the Internet as a medium for spreading hoaxes. Statistical implications of chain letters; Role of an Internet hoax in death threats against a falsely accused individual; Other unfortunate consequences of Internet hoaxes and frauds; Steps that computer users can take if they receive chain letters or other suspected hoaxes; Web sites that track hoaxes.

Discusses searching for accurate information on the World Wide Web. Impact of the unregulated and unchecked nature of the Web on sites and information available; Advice for seekers of information from a freelance investigative reporter; Clues for credibility; Medical misinformation; Help from librarians. INSET: How to Separate Good Data From Bad.

Focuses on circles of Internet pages on various topics that are linked, called Web rings. Number of Web rings that can be searched via Web Ring; Structures similar to Web Ring, like Looplink and The Rail; Contact points; Development of the concept by Sage Weil of Ashland, Oregon; Advantages of a Web ring; How Webmasters join a ring; Comments from Charley Lanusse, chief operating officer of Geocities' Starseed division, which operates Web Ring. INSET: Rings Steer Web Explorers To Back Roads.

Features the Flu-o-meter, a Web site that indicates the prevalence of influenza state by state in the United States (US). Features of the web site; Services offered; Available information on the site; Outbreaks of influenza in the US in January 1999.

Profiles William A. Williams Jr., the man who posted the Concordances of Great Books, an on-line searchable index of 86 authors and 200 full texts. Information on his web site; How Williams completed the job; Most popular section on the site.

States that the most important information available to pet owners on the Web is in the area of health care. Type of on-line information that can be accessed; Web site address of the New York State Animal Population Control Program; Details on other Web sites which offer information on health care for animals; Comments from Darcie Krueger, co-owner of Sitstay, an Internet store in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Focuses on World Wide Web sites which offer information on butterfies. Names of the Web sites; What butterfly related sites promotes.

Looks at the limitations of machine translation and translation software. Ineffectiveness of machine translation for literature and poetry; How different instructors are using machine translation; Alta Vista's Web site that offers nearly instantaneous translation; Examples of machine translations.