CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

                                          OF

                            COMTEX SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION

                  Under Section 805 of the Business Corporation Law

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               It is hereby certified that:

               FIRST:   The name  of the  corporation is  Comtex Scientific
          Corporation.  The name under which the corporation was formed was
          Academic Micropublishing Co., Inc.

               SECOND:  The certificate of incorporation of the corporation
          was filed by the Department of State on August 8, 1980.

               THIRD: The  amendments of  the certificate  of incorporation
          effected by this certificate are as follows:

                    to increase the number  of shares which the corporation
                    shall have authority to issue by  authorizing 8,000,000
                    additional shares of the  par value of $0.01 per  share
                    and  of  the same  class  as  the presently  authorized
                    shares; and

                    to eliminate the personal liability of directors of the
                    corporation under certain circumstances.

               FOURTH:  To accomplish the foregoing amendments:

               Article 3  of the certificate of  incorporation, relating to
          authorized stock, is hereby amended to read as follows:

                    3.   Shares

                         The total  number of shares which  the Corporation
                    shall have the authority  to issue is 18,000,000 shares
                    of common stock with a par value of $0.01 per share.

               The  following new  Article,  relating to  the liability  of
          directors, is added to the certificate of incorporation:

                    6.   Liability of Directors

                         The  liability of  the Corporation's  directors to
                    the Corporation  or its stockholders for  any breach of
                    duty  in  such  capacity  shall be  eliminated  to  the
 





                    fullest  extent permitted  by the  Business Corporation
                    Law of the State of New  York, as it exists on the date
                    hereof or as it may hereafter be amended.  No amendment
                    to or repeal of this Article shall apply to or have any
                    effect  on the  liability or  alleged liability  of any
                    director  of the Corporation for or with respect to any
                    acts or  omissions of such director  occurring prior to
                    such amendment or repeal.
            
               FIFTH:  The  foregoing  amendments  of  the  certificate  of
          incorporation  of the  corporation were  authorized by vote  at a
          meeting of the Board of Directors of the corporation, followed by
          the  vote of the holders of a  majority of all of the outstanding
          shares  of the corporation entitled to vote on such amendments of
          the certificate of incorporation.



               IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,  we  have  executed  and  signed  this
          document on the  date set forth opposite each of  our names below
          and  do hereby affirm, under  the penalties of  perjury, that the
          statements contained herein have been examined by us and are true
          and correct.




          5/1/96                             /S/ C.W. Gilluly
          Date                               C.W. Gilluly, Ed.D.
                                             Chairman of the Board



          5/1/96                             /S/ Thomas Wollman
          Date                               Thomas Wollman
                                             Secretary