1. A method of capturing data from a plurality of web documents, comprising: displaying a web document in a first web browser window; receiving a selection of content from within the displayed web document that is substantially less than all content in the displayed web document; displaying an embedded control in the first browser window in response to receiving the selection of content; and in response to input using the embedded control, automatically: comparing metadata associated with the selected content to metadata associated with content in a plurality of web notebooks to generate a plurality of scores, each score being associated with the selected content and content in a respective web notebook; selecting a web notebook from the plurality of web notebooks based on the comparing; copying the selected content to the selected web notebook; and displaying a web document portion associated with the selected content in the selected web notebook, the selected web notebook being displayed in an active content area of a second web browser window.