13. A method for digitally capturing content from a printed document comprising one or more pages of printed data, the printed document associated with a document identifier, and a page of the printed document aligned with a digital bookclip in a predetermined manner, the method comprising: receiving the document identifier associated with the printed document; determining a vertical or horizontal orientation of the digital bookclip with respect to the printed document, wherein the digital bookclip comprises a physical material encoded with a pattern, the physical material distinct from the printed document; using an imaging system of a data clipping device, capturing a beginning location on the digital bookclip corresponding to a beginning of an interaction with the data clipping device and an end location on the digital bookclip corresponding to an end of the interaction with the data clipping device; identifying a selected portion of the page of the printed document based on the determined orientation of the digital bookclip with respect to the printed document and the beginning location and the end location of the interaction captured when the digital bookclip is aligned with the page of the printed document; communicating the selected portion of the page of the printed document and the document identifier to a digital document retrieval system, that is configured to located a digital document associated with the document identifier and retrieve a portion of the digital document associated with the portion of the page of the printed document; and receiving from the digital document retrieval system the portion of the digital document associated with the portion of the page of the printed document.
13. A method for digitally capturing content from a printed document comprising one or more pages of printed data, the printed document associated with a document identifier, and a page of the printed document aligned with a digital bookclip in a predetermined manner, the method comprising: receiving the document identifier associated with the printed document; determining a vertical or horizontal orientation of the digital bookclip with respect to the printed document, wherein the digital bookclip comprises a physical material encoded with a pattern, the physical material distinct from the printed document; using an imaging system of a data clipping device, capturing a beginning location on the digital bookclip corresponding to a beginning of an interaction with the data clipping device and an end location on the digital bookclip corresponding to an end of the interaction with the data clipping device; identifying a selected portion of the page of the printed document based on the determined orientation of the digital bookclip with respect to the printed document and the beginning location and the end location of the interaction captured when the digital bookclip is aligned with the page of the printed document; communicating the selected portion of the page of the printed document and the document identifier to a digital document retrieval system, that is configured to located a digital document associated with the document identifier and retrieve a portion of the digital document associated with the portion of the page of the printed document; and receiving from the digital document retrieval system the portion of the digital document associated with the portion of the page of the printed document. 17. The method of claim 13 , wherein the data clipping device comprises a smart pen device.