Q. Where can I access the Gainesville Sun newspaper?

You can usually find today's copy of The Gainesville Sun newspaper at any one of our Alachua County Library District locations. Most library branches have back issues for several weeks in stock.

The library provides digital access to this newspaper through the Gainesville Sun Collection. This collection and America's News are provided by Newsbank. Articles for the Gainesville Sun are available in full color for 2019-current. Articles for 1995-current are also available in full-text.

You can also stop by our downtown Gainesville Headquarters library and look through the most comprehensive collection of the Gainesville Sun newspapers available on microfilm which dates from 2017 back to the late 1800s (additions were discontinued after 2017). An online index is available from 2007 back to 1986 on the library's Research page.  The Headquarters library also has one of the last remaining card catalogs, indexing the Gainesville Sun from 1985 back to its earliest issues. These indices also include obituaries. 

You may also find digital scans of the Gainesville Sun newspaper online dating from December 31, 2007 back to June 1, 1981 by searching the Google News Archive for the Gainesville Sun. The Library of Congress' Chronicling America project also has a digital archive of the Gainesville Sun dating from 1938 back to the early 1900s and the University of Florida's Florida Digital Newspaper Library online has some of the oldest issues of the Gainesville Sun dating back to the late 1800s, with additional issues from 1964.