title: How to make a simple search function in linq and EF
body: <p>I want to simply search a database for a certain string, how can i accomplish this using linq and EF (if using these tools for it are not practical I am open to any suggestions).  I just want to take a string and search my usernames, the search should be able to handle things only parts of the username (using some sort of 'contains' function)</p>