how to filter records based on a particular field

[Makumbi]

Please help i have my API . my APi has a table employees which has a filed called gender . Please help how can i filter this table records based on gender.

 Public Class EmployeesidController
        Inherits ApiController

        Public Function Getid(ByVal id As Integer) As Employee
            Dim dbContext As SCHOOLEntities = New EmployeeDBContext
            Return dbContext.Employees.Find(id)


        End Function
    End Class

[jmcilhinney]

You use the Where method to filter when using LINQ to Entities or any LINQ provider.