Historical Newspapers
Newspapers offer a wealth of historical information about communities and the people who lived in them. The following is a guide to accessing newspapers relating to Sarasota County, organized alphabetically by title.
Englewood Sun
- NewspaperArchive (accessible at the History Center) offers digital access to issues from 1995 to 2003.
Sarasota Herald-Tribune (and predecessors)
- NewspaperArchive (accessible at the History Center) offers digital access to issues from 1918-1978.
- Selby Library offers microfilm access to issues from 1925 to 2010.
- NewsBank (accessible through the library system) offers digital access to issues from 1996 to the present.
Sarasota Journal
- NewspaperArchive (accessible at the History Center) offers digital access to issues from 1972 to 1979.
- Google News offers free digital access to issues from 1952 to 1982.
Sarasota News
- NewspaperArchive (accessible at the History Center) offers digital access to issues from 1954 to 1963.
Sarasota Sun
- NewspaperArchive (accessible at the History Center) offers digital access to issues from 1913.
Sarasota Times (and Sarasota County Times)
- NewspaperArchive (accessible at the History Center) offers digital access to issues from 1910 to 1925.
Siesta Key Observer
- The Florida Digital Newspaper Library offers free digital access to issues from 2019 to the present.
Tempo News
- The History Center holds print copies of a limited number of issues between 1991 and 2004.
- The Tempo News website provides free digital access to issues from 2015 to the present.
This Week in Venice
- NewspaperArchive (accessible at the History Center) offers digital access to issues from 1926.
Venice Gondolier
- NewspaperArchive (accessible at the History Center) offers digital access to issues from 1946 to 1977.
- The Florida Digital Newspaper Library offers free digital access to issues from 1946 to 1949, plus 1964.
Venice News
- NewspaperArchive (accessible at the History Center) offers digital access to issues from 1926 to 1928.